Preparing the Zoo for Christmas
After I started working at the zoo, I was added to a group chat called “A Hundred Ways to Kill a Human.” Every member had an animal as their profile picture. At first, I thought it was some quirky staff group. I even found it kind of cute.
That was, until I realized they were discussing how to eat me.
Pedro the Parrot: [The new human has beautiful eyes. I can’t wait till Christmas. I want to peck them out right now!]
George the Gorilla: [Relax. There’ll be many visitors during Christmas. We’ll have more eyeballs than we can eat! Also, I’m calling dibs on her thigh.]
Thor the Tiger: [Nobody’s taking her head, right? That’s mine.]
Tucker the Elephant: [I’m a vegetarian, but I can crush her bones to dust.]