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07-21-2016, 02:24 AM
Zoo wisely gets in on 'Pokémon Go' craze with new signs
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If you can't beat 'em, catch 'em all.
Zookeepers at the Birmingham Zoo in Alabama have been **ticing that many patrons haven't been paying much attention lately to the animals. Instead, they *have been focused on catching Pokémon (http://mashable.com/category/pokemon-go/).
So one zookeeper took matters into her own hands, designing and printing Pokémon Go-themed posters to hang outside the animals' enclosures.
SEE ALSO: Eye doctor reaches out to nearsighted Pokemon Go players (http://mashable.com/2016/07/15/eye-doctor-pokemon/)
She also posted them to her Tumblr, aptly titled Zookeeper Problems (http://zookeeperproblems.tumblr.com/). "Decided to jump on the Pokémon Go hype train at the zoo! Hey, if you can’t beat*‘em…" she wrote. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/pokemon-go-zoo-signs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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If you can't beat 'em, catch 'em all.
Zookeepers at the Birmingham Zoo in Alabama have been **ticing that many patrons haven't been paying much attention lately to the animals. Instead, they *have been focused on catching Pokémon (http://mashable.com/category/pokemon-go/).
So one zookeeper took matters into her own hands, designing and printing Pokémon Go-themed posters to hang outside the animals' enclosures.
SEE ALSO: Eye doctor reaches out to nearsighted Pokemon Go players (http://mashable.com/2016/07/15/eye-doctor-pokemon/)
She also posted them to her Tumblr, aptly titled Zookeeper Problems (http://zookeeperproblems.tumblr.com/). "Decided to jump on the Pokémon Go hype train at the zoo! Hey, if you can’t beat*‘em…" she wrote. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/pokemon-go-zoo-signs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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