my daughter made a big announcement this morning that she's saving up to buy a gorilla, wishing her luck - ThreadSky

frogcroakley.bsky.social • 41 days ago

my daughter made a big announcement this morning that she's saving up to buy a gorilla, wishing her luck

Does she have a go fund me page?

If it doesn't cost a round number of pounds she'll get some silver back.

No no no no no no no no no. No. No. That's too far. No.

Your daughter is PT Barnum

Tell her to be careful of people trying to sell her a gibbon nailed to a plank

That apple really didn’t fall far from the tree, did it? 😂

I remember making a similar announcement to my parents that I was saving up for a X-Men:Children of the Atom arcade cabinet

Like father like daughter.

I’ll throw in two quid. This has the potential to be crowdfunded well out of hand.

Might I suggest a movie?

I can hear her, calling in the air tonight.

Where are the earnest reply bots when you need them?

"Where does an eight-hundred pound gorilla sit?"

Your daughter: "wait, you can get them that cheaply?"

Anywhere it likes!

Are you going to buy the drum kit for the gorilla, or does she have to fund that as well?

Cool!!!!! Good luck to her!!!!!

This makes sense.

The paper below says that end-buyers pay between 15,000 to 70,000 dollar for a juvenile gorilla. I think she should budget for the high end of that range, the lower end is likely people more familar with the market.

Hope this helps.

https://www.gfintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/GFI-Illicit-Financial-Flows-and-the-Illegal-Trade-in-Great-Apes.pdf

That's from a charity that specializes in illegal animal trade. You could call them, perhaps they know some sellers with a good reputation.