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Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: The zoo revisited
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Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 13:25:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 18 13:25:13 1984
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Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Ok, here's the way I first heard the same joke:

   A philanthropist decides to donate his prize dolphins to
the local zoo.  Upon making his donation, he reveals that
the dolphins can be kept alive indefinitely by feeding them
live myna birds.  The zoo, not happy with the prospect of
depleting their myna bird collection, decides to send an
expedition to Africa to pick up some of the birds.

   The bird seekers land their helicopter in a large clearing
in the middle of the jungle, and go off to seek their prey.
They search all the trees, the myna bird bars, the bird baths;
in short, all the places myna birds hang out.  When they get
back to the clearing, they discover that a pride of lions has
taken up residence there.  As the lions all appear very sleepy,
they decide to tiptoe their way back to the safety of their
helicopter.  But, alas, when they get back to the helicopter,
the game warden pops out and writes them a citation for

   "Transporting mynas over sedate lions for immortal porpoises."