ZOO... revenge of mother nature

What if finally things turn opposite as we know and human race after being on top of the chain starts to get the same treatment it gives to other animal species? Humans are the only animals that kill for fun, sport, business or curiosity. For centuries we've been dominating the planet as we own it. Using other animal species to feed us, help us with chores or just as companion. A few times we treat animals as equals specially as pets, giving them a decent quality of life in return of their company and love but even in some cases we take advantage of them and use them to take all our stress and frustrations into them. The fact that we are the only specie that has evolved in a way to build cities, create technology and being able to research and find formulas to help us keep healthy and innovate in industries and travel doesn't mean we are the smartest of all. It's been proved that we are also the only ones that make mistakes more and once and can learn from them but also can forget them with time. Just because we had proved to be superior and able to dominate most of other species we had taken advantage of the planet as if they are meant to serve us and as we deserve it all.

But how much is to learn from other animals. Their ability to communicate with body language or sounds, their sense of community that help them survive even in the worst circumstances of nature or their respect and understatement for other species killing just when need it to feed their own. "Zoo" (2015-current), is a new tv show based on the popular novel, that tells te story of what if things change and from the sudden nature has a turn and start taking against human beings the same way they were treating other species just to develop a new plan for them that no one can identify as the idea sounds just as ridiculous as the facts are but is it? for real?

In it's first season the show got a warm audience last summer from all those fans of that genre where animals or monsters or any kind of treat start attacking and killing humans as a countdown for the best and worst killer scene. But critics and readers from the original novel didn't love it that much specially for the non sense plot of having another species that have been as today, proved to not been as racial as humans, so that make it so unreal that was hard to relate. But reading all those reviews sounds more like people simply just don't like the fact of being taken out of the main spot and feel like they are not on top of the chain anymore. How sure can we be that theres nothing out there that can beat us in other fields? Maybe that's why we love and rely so much into those extraterrestrial invasions as the only justified source to feel less superior with the obvios excuse that they are from other planet letting us be the top one specie in this planet still.

But if we can take our egos and be more eco friendly, we should realize with any need of a metaphor as a story to tell the idea of how damage we've been doing to the planet not to mention to animals. The way we hunt whales, seals, sharks, elephants is just barbarian, and the way we treat animals in some zoo's, keeping them in small cages or limited areas just to entertain the masses coming to see them just feels unnatural  and not fair. So when we can immerse in this idea, that we have seen in other forms at movies, we can totally relate to whats happening on the show and feel torn between our own specie and to others that are suffering consequences of being dominated. Like monkeys, rats, cats, dogs, that are being used for experiments and testings. Who gave us the privilege to use them and their lives over us? So the show starts when a couple of animal attacks happen in Africa and the United States, bringing together a group of people trying to find answers just to come across a series of events that lead them to a theory where humans are the real cause of this.

Even that animals are the real story and the main characters in here, we continuously switch from one specie to other among the twelve episodes of the season, so the plot line between them are the humans that are fighting to save them and the humans to find peace and restore order. The leader of this group is Oz a zoologist that starts discovering the truth behind the attacks and is related to source of all this plan and with his Kenyan friend Abraham will start fighting not only against animals but humans that are trying to stop them finding their proof a treat for human civilization. Then there is Nora, a french special agent that will help to fight back all this people with her connections and knowledge. And finally Jamie and Dr. Mitch, a reporter and a veterinarian than get involved after the attacks in american soil. Everyone with their own skills will help to track different attacks around the globe try to connect the dots to solve the puzzle and figure out what is really happening with all animals around the globe.

Visually the show improves bringing real animals to the screen, skipping the usual FX, so even that the attacks won't seem as brutal as we are used to in the movies, the fact that we can watch a real bear acting and pretending to eat a woman is totally worthy. On the other side, the script based most of its plot as a thriller, taking us around the world to solve a new theory and presence another random attack, that lacks of the real drama of the humans involve and all this changes in society making it more a guilty pleasure than an award winner show but don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean necessarily a bad thing, as for all looking for a different show, with enough action, suspense, romance and full of conspiracy theories will be more than pleased and for all of those that want to bring a conversation to the table, this will give enough reasons as how cruel animals can be specially after witness human cruelty agains them, when we are supposed to be the civilized ones and the racional ones. What else do we need to stop acting as caveman and proving we are stronger and smarter killing just for sport or fun, and treating others in a way we wouldn't like to be treated? How long till we realize we are not that special and start paying for all those selfish actions against the planet ? If shows like this can help to educate people and realize that we are not as smart as we though definitely this will be my favorite show ever.