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Free Entry for People with Animal Surnames 7/2 @ Various Wildlife Parks (e.g. Featherdale, Healesville Sanctuary, Bonorong etc.)

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Free Entry for People with Animal Surnames 7/2 @ Various Wildlife Parks (e.g. Featherdale, Healesville Sanctuary, Bonorong etc.)
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neil on 05/02/2021 - 10:15 heraldsun.com.au (1930 clicks)
Last edited 05/02/2021 - 12:47 by 1 other user

This Sunday, selected zoos and wildlife sanctuaries around Australia are giving free entry to anyone with an animal surname, to celebrate the launch of the Great Australian Wildlife Book Collection by Discovery and Animal Planet, in conjunction with News Corp Australia

Those with an animal surname will need to show identification, such as a driver’s licence, and tickets for Healesville Sanctuary will need to be pre-registered here.

Looking at the article they seem to accept some not so obvious animal surname interpretations so do your research on your surname. Behind The Name: Surnames Categorized "animals"

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  • kiwiinoz on 05/02/2021 - 10:17
    +64

    What about some people that behave like animals? lol

  • tabboo on 05/02/2021 - 10:23
    +30

    This is discrimination towards people with non-animal last names

    • first in line on 05/02/2021 - 10:49
      +38

      It's basically a deal for white people only…

      • capslock on 05/02/2021 - 11:19
        +2

        Or non-whites who marry a white person

      • INFIDEL on 05/02/2021 - 11:37
        +8

        Many cultures have animal names as / in family names. Just show a translation if needed.

        • first in line on 05/02/2021 - 11:49
          +3

          I wonder if they will accept. Is there a T&C?

          • INFIDEL on 05/02/2021 - 11:50
            +16

            @first in line: They even give the example of Vacca (cow in Italian) in the Deal link!

            Nothing I could find in the promotion says the family name must be in English!
            That would be discriminatory!

            The Deal Link provides examples:
            SURNAMES YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE ANIMAL NAMES
            Hart (male deer)
            Loris (nocturnal primate)
            Best (derived from beast)
            Bullock (young bull)
            Vacca (cow in Italian)

            in Mandarin… (from a quick search)
            Family names may contain:
            Ma (马 horse )
            Niu ( 牛 bull )
            Long (龙 dragon )
            Xiong (熊 bear )
            Bao (鲍 abalone )
            etc

            (I've got a turtle named after my family name. Don't know if it's Latin name will be acceptable.)

            • try2bhelpful on 07/02/2021 - 11:47

              @INFIDEL: Good point. You could look at genus names as well.

              • INFIDEL on 07/02/2021 - 12:13

                @try2bhelpful: The turtle has a common name of (my family name)'s turtle. It's a well known family name in the zoo & conservation world, but not an animal name.

                The only QLD "zoo" Paradise Country - is a small theme park on the Gold Coast, so wasn't interested.

                • try2bhelpful on 07/02/2021 - 14:05

                  @INFIDEL: Thanks. It just might’ve been worth a thought.

                  • INFIDEL on 07/02/2021 - 14:10

                    @try2bhelpful: Thanks. But Latin taxonomic names might tax the zoo staff in this promotion😉
                    Might help others👍

      • Wampus on 05/02/2021 - 11:51
        +6

        "in conjunction with News Corp Australia"

      • Nukkels on 05/02/2021 - 12:00
        +34

        Ernie Dingo is definitely not white…

      • flickr on 05/02/2021 - 14:20
        +1

        If we can trully use the Surnames categorized as animal list, then there will be a lot of Indians people eligible for this (Singh)

        • khomeini on 05/02/2021 - 16:57

          I always thought Singh in Hindi/Urdu meant horn (animals horn).

      • johnyBgood on 05/02/2021 - 14:40

        Huy Fong Cow is definitely not white

    • The Magic Pudding on 05/02/2021 - 14:18

      That's right and this discrimination is wrong. Bloody Thomsons have got a gazelle, what have Puddings got, nothen!

    • lunartemis on 05/02/2021 - 16:36

      You can always argue that your last name means "animal name" in whatever language

  • mick123 on 05/02/2021 - 10:27
    +4

    If I identify as a person named Sam Skunk and they don't let me in, I'll sue the bigots..

    • TheRealCJ on 05/02/2021 - 19:14

      I mean sure, if you've indeed legally changed your name to Sam Skunk and have an ID card to that effect, they should honour it.

      • sleekbrain84 on 07/02/2021 - 15:38

        It's how he feels on the inside that matters…

        • TheRealCJ on 07/02/2021 - 20:24

          Morally? Absolutely. Legally, less so.

  • 777 on 05/02/2021 - 10:33
    +3

    I nominate Nathan Lyon!

    • [Deactivated] on 05/02/2021 - 12:56

      And don’t forget he’s the GOAT.

      See what I did there….

  • gaber on 05/02/2021 - 10:35
    +29

    Apparently "Singh" means "lion" so every Punjabi can go in for free.

    • lgacb08 on 05/02/2021 - 12:48

      Kaur too, probably all Sikh are entitled too

    • khomeini on 05/02/2021 - 17:13
      +1

      There are many Punjabi's (50%) who are not named Singh.

      It seems it used used pre-18th century in northern India, after which a Guru mandated it's use by all Sikh males. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singh

      At a tangent… Singapore (Land of Lions), Sinhala (people of Sri Lanka, meaning roughly lion killers).

  • Skramit on 05/02/2021 - 10:46
    +6

    Wow that is a weird way to offer a promotion for free entry.

    • lachhelix on 06/02/2021 - 01:31

      I thought the exact same thing!

  • picklewizard on 05/02/2021 - 10:48
    -5

    DISCRIMINATION

    • picklewizard on 05/02/2021 - 14:01
      -1

      Jesus Christ people this is a joke

      • MikeKulls on 06/02/2021 - 09:19
        +3

        That's ozbargain for you

        • picklewizard on 08/02/2021 - 12:14
          -1

          I'm so confused… I swear if the first vote on this was a positive, the comment would have been upvoted.

          People see a neg and pile on because of an incapability of independent thought (which explains half the threads here, which are essentially "tell me how I should feel about this particular subject or interaction")

          • neil on 08/02/2021 - 13:17

            @picklewizard: I didn't neg your comment but IMO there are 3 interpretations of your comment. All of them make them a shit comment worthy of a neg

            • Making a joke. Not funny in a comment of text but perhaps in person with a sarcastic tone may have elicited a chuckle. Or perhaps text with a ;) or /s maybe?
            • Claiming legitimate discrimination for not having the right surname. (Bit of entitlement)
            • An implication that could be interpreted that discrimination isn't an issue. Something conservative leaning media are fond off.

            Also explaining that something you said is a joke is never a good sign it was a good joke but hey I'm no jokeologist.

  • bruc3 on 05/02/2021 - 10:49
    +4

    Would they take mythical animal surnames such as "Phoenix"?

  • citybargainhunter on 05/02/2021 - 11:13
    +5

    What are typical English animal surnames? I can't think of any off the top of my head.

    • smurftastic on 05/02/2021 - 11:16
      +2

      Grandmother's maiden name is Sparrow, but that's all I can think of.

      • bio on 05/02/2021 - 13:49
        +10

        <logs into your mother's online banking account>

    • Coastie on 05/02/2021 - 11:16
      +2

      This should help get more people in for free https://surnames.behindthename.com/names/tag/animals

    • [Deactivated] on 05/02/2021 - 11:17
      +2

      Fox, Bird, Hawk

    • first in line on 05/02/2021 - 11:27
      +2

      Finch

    • bruc3 on 05/02/2021 - 11:31

      So they will only accept "English" surnames? How about other nationalities?

      • INFIDEL on 05/02/2021 - 12:17
        +2

        How did you get that idea?
        Foreign language examples were already given above.

        Check the Deal Link.
        They give the example of Vacca (cow in Italian)!
        Just have a translation ready.

        • bruc3 on 05/02/2021 - 12:35

          Thanks, did not notice. Cool.

        • b2dz on 05/02/2021 - 14:55
          +1

          Or a screenshot of a forged translation.

    • Flowerbomb on 05/02/2021 - 11:46
      +6

      Anything with Cock

    • harn.mui on 09/02/2021 - 15:00

      Was wondering the same…Here's what I came up with:

      Peacock (Andrew Peacock, politician)
      Bird
      Herring

  • SupeNintendoChalmers on 05/02/2021 - 11:25
    +10

    Finally Mike Hawk gets the recognition he deserves.

    • AlienC on 05/02/2021 - 11:35
      +3

      Also Mike (profanity).

      • Juggernauto on 05/02/2021 - 19:49

        You mean Mike Hunt?

        • AlienC on 07/02/2021 - 00:32

          Oh yeah nice dude reminds me of Mike Gass

  • sanrs on 05/02/2021 - 11:27
    +17

    should this deal be labelled "targeted"?

  • bargdebarg on 05/02/2021 - 11:35
    +8

    Finally having Mole as your surname comes in handy.

    • rompastompa on 05/02/2021 - 12:44
      +2

      Like, is that you Kylie?

      • [Deactivated] on 05/02/2021 - 12:57
        +2

        Or Adrian, aged 13 and 3/4.

  • kolorijo on 05/02/2021 - 11:39
    +3

    Woohoo my chihuahua can enter for free, her name is Roo Roo

  • McFly on 05/02/2021 - 12:00
    +1

    I'll be there!

  • gunso on 05/02/2021 - 12:35
    +1

    Does Cock count ?

  • stinkydog on 05/02/2021 - 13:11
    +1

    My name is Badger, Honey Badger.

  • frank21cn on 05/02/2021 - 13:38

    汪

    • alphaoasis on 05/02/2021 - 13:48

      Your name is not the shape of any animal.

      • windwai on 05/02/2021 - 15:17
        +2

        It is a shape of animal barking.

  • Kenji on 05/02/2021 - 13:54

    Monty Python?

  • smarter_fool on 05/02/2021 - 13:55

    Hancock or 'handcock'

  • baldur on 05/02/2021 - 14:01

    Good opportunity for social justice warriors to rant about something unimportant.

    • GrueHunter on 05/02/2021 - 14:10
      +4

      So like that comment?

  • Munki on 05/02/2021 - 14:04

    Ugh. Read this as "for people with Anime Surnames".

  • Henrideacon on 05/02/2021 - 14:06

    yay i'm a Henry !!

  • dufflover on 05/02/2021 - 14:12

    I dunno I'm on the fence with this deal; I get the gimmick of it but these are places that charge quite a bit for entry. This isn't like get a free showbag or free small drink or chips at some eatery.

    • MattyD on 05/02/2021 - 14:26
      +2

      on the fence with this deal

      Like, Russell Crowe?

  • dynaflow on 05/02/2021 - 14:34
    +3

    Thanks so much…see you there!
    Regards
    Fred Hippopotamus

  • DGrayson82 on 05/02/2021 - 14:37

    My mate Drew has the surname Peacock, he'll be rapt

    • melty on 06/02/2021 - 04:41

      I also know an Andrew peacock! Prob the same person..

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