Link – Tokyo Zoo Offers Itself up as Refuge for Anyone Suffering From Depression or Anxiety – Geek.com

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

This is actually a pretty decent message. I mean, sure it’s also a marketing ploy, but it is important to have somewhere you can go to recharge and be safe from time to time. Zoos are a fairly good choice for that.

“To everyone who’s feeling distressed about going back to school,

When running away from predators, the American tapir dives straight into the water.

You don’t need anyone’ permission to run away. Please, when you need to run, run.

If you have nowhere to run to, please come to the zoo. There are many animals, who aren’t bound by the unhappy aspects of human society, waiting for you.”

Where do you run-away when you need to recharge?

https://www.geek.com/culture/tokyo-zoo-offers-itself-up-as-refuge-for-anyone-suffering-from-depression-or-anxiety-1714862/

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