Our local zoo has an iron-clad policy that all descriptive placards must talk about how harmless and misunderstood the animals in a particular exhibit are so that you come away thinking that jackals, king cobras, scorpions and crocodiles are just the cuddliest things on God's green Earth. I did notice, however, that even the most PC zookeeper couldn't come up with anything to say about the piranhas except one word: "piranhas."
That's what gives this story its piqauncy.
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