Exclusive: The Harambe Tapes, Revealed
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Welcome to Pablo Torre Finds Out. I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
I'm recusing myself from this conversation because I think it's bulls**t, Pablo, that you are trying to capitalize off a dead gorilla.
We would never do that. Right after this ad.
I've been waiting so long to do this episode with you guys. Mm-hmm. And I love, as always, that you don't have any idea what... I hate it, as always. I'm terrified. I hate it, as always. You have folders in front of you. I see them. I have what has been alleged to be a shit-eating grin on my face. That is how much I'm enjoying having... I don't know. Are we going to like it as much as you like it? I can't totally be sure. Great. I do know that Desus Nice, Katie Nolan, you are both my friends. For now. For now. And also animal people. What's going on? Yeah, uh-huh. We do like dogs. You have dogs? Yeah. Is this about something that happened a couple months ago in Prospect Park? Because the dog came at me. It's about something that we got at our tip line.
Here, Pablo Torre finds out. Fans, whistleblowers, they will dial 513-85-Pablo. Was that in Area Codes with Ludacris? Oh, good. That's how I reference everything. I don't know if Ludacris has hoes in Cincinnati, Ohio. No, I think Famously doesn't mention it. But this is the area code we were randomly assigned by Google. But Cosmically recurs.
Interesting.
Because this was earlier this year. We got a tip. Hi, my name is Jeff McCurry. I'd like to see if you would like to show the world the secret videos that the Sydney Zoo has tried to keep quiet for 10 years. These videos are very graphic. They absolutely are real. Everybody that's seen them is just speechless. Anyway, I look forward to hearing from you. We have several months to the 10th anniversary, and I thought I'd reach out to you and see if you're interested in breaking this story. Thank you.
Was Harambe Cincinnati?
Oh, wow. On May 28th, 2016, exactly 10 years ago, at the Cincinnati Zoo. Outrage over an incident at the Cincinnati Zoo when a three-year-old boy fell into the gorilla enclosure Saturday. For 10 agonizing minutes, onlookers watched, including the boy's mother, who cried out to him. Mommy's right here. At one point, the 420-pound male silverback named Tarambe grabbed the boy's ankle and dragged him through the water.
Mommy loves you.
Unfortunately, we only have just a little bit of a window of what happened, right? What I really want to see is how the heck this child ended up at the top of the barrier through the brush and into the moat. We don't have that yet.
The bottom line is that once that little boy was in the hands of that gorilla, unfortunately, that's a death sentence for the gorilla.
Did the zoo make the right call? The gorilla's behavior was textbook protective behavior for a gorilla. They run around with their kids like that in the wild. The kids know to jump on the back. Any gorilla expert should know that gorilla was not acting violently towards that child. And after all that attention, all that news coverage, of course, came the memes.
This is an interesting sign. What does this mean? I'm sure you all heard about Harambe the gorilla. He was murdered in the Cincinnati Zoo. And I'm just saying, like, out for Harambe. That's a rallying cry.
So you're ,, you pull it out for Harambe?
I mean, if Harambe was here, he'd be out right now.
You know, you could see some people that are running up right now. out for Harambe. OK, thank you. out for Harambe.
All right.
out for Harambe. You know what the it is. Hey, out for Harambe.
The death of this gorilla has given me a lot of joy.
I hate to say it. Oh, tremendously. Not in a bad way. Like, RIP Harambe, for real. But it's been really funny.
You could have given me 10,000 tries. I did not think this is what we'd be discussing. No chance. Why us? Rest in peace, Harambe. Well, one reason why is that Desus, personally... I did not shoot him. happened to tweet quite a bit about Harambe according to our records. I bet you did. 2016? Oh, yeah. My only wish was Harambe was alive to see his Golden State win.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:26
2
What events led to Harambe's tragic death at the Cincinnati Zoo?
6:26–11:00
3
How did Harambe become a symbol in internet culture?
11:00–16:42
4
What insights do experts provide about gorilla behavior?
16:42–17:56
5
What was the impact of Harambe's death on public perception of zoos?
17:56–31:17
6
How did Jeff McCurry become involved with Harambe's story?
31:17–57:57
Speakers
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