Wild Beasts (Wild Beasts - Belve feroci)

Attention, please, the zoo is closing.

The public is kindly requested to leave by the nearest exit.

Last call, the zoo is closing.

Oh good, it's feeding time.

Wait.

Thanks.

Dr. Berner.

Raul.

- Hello, Doctor. - Hello.

Good evening, Herr Glazer. How's your symphony

for animals and orchestra coming along today?

Hmm, hello, Doctor.

Hmm, I'm still working.

It's slow-going.

Is that you, Frau Schwarz?

Yes. I'd like to hear it.

Have you come up with a title for it?

- I was thinking of giving it a sad title like

"Nature Weeps."

You like it?

Mmm, I don't know.

It sounds pretty depressing to me.

- Bye. - Good evening.

What's the matter, Breck, you wanna go?

All right.

- Careful! - Oh!

Gladys, are you crazy?

What's the matter with you?

Oh, these newfangled cages.

They always seem to get stuck.

Fritz. - Yes, Doctor?

- Will you open it? - Right away.

Thanks.

Be careful, Rip, she's out of sorts today.

I know.

It's all right.

Yes, girl.

That's why I have to give her a shot.

Right, Gladys?

Over there.

What's the matter?

Don't you feel well today?

Well, I'll soon fix that and make you feel better.

There you go.

Give me a syringe.

All right, be a good girl, now.

Okay, here we go.

Easy, baby.

Easy.

Good girl, Gladys.

Wait.

Easy now.

Calm down, Gladys.

There we are.

There, that didn't hurt now, did it?

Think it's gonna hurt, she did feel a thing.

- Yeah. - She'll be okay.

- The danger's over. - Phew.

I didn't wanna use a tranquilizing projectile

because it frightens and hurts her at this close range.

Take the rest of your pictures now, Laura,

because she'll be out soon.

She's still awake.

How long will it take?

Oh, five seconds, that's all.

She's having convulsions.

Rip.

Normal reaction, Laura, she's all right.

She'll be taking a nice trip to dreamland.

That little devil of a cub's bitten her nipples.

Look at that, they're bleeding.

Is that why she kills her own?

Yeah.

Or it could be that being in captivity

makes her act strangely.

But there's still this one.

Yeah, that little bastard.

Cute, huh?

He prefers biting instead of sucking his milk.

Take her inside, men, I'll be with you in a minute.

All right, easy does it.

Get her legs up.

There.

Ah, ah, ah, ah.

Mean, aren't you?

Well, I gotta go back to the lab.

See you later, sweetie.

I'm coming, damn it.

I didn't realize it was so late.

I had to leave early, darling, sorry.

There's food in the fridge, just warm it up.

Don't forget to take a shower.

- I'm coming. - Wear your jeans

because I didn't have time

to pick up your skirt at the cleaners.

I'll pick you up at school tonight after I cover

the Darwin conference.

6:30 pm.

Here's your latest bulletin from Solitude to Laura.

Helga's out and pretty soon I'll be leaving, too.

Going to dancing lessons with Tommy.

Do you hear him?

Will you stop ringing? I'm coming.

I got your message.

Thanks for having reminded me to eat, to wash,

to get dressed.

Mom, I don't know what I'd do without you.

Where the hell did you stash my ba-ba-ba?

Ah, here it is.

Oh, Mary called from the newspaper.

She wants you to call her back before 5,

but seeing that it's after 6... Well, sorry, Mom,

you blew it again.

So long. Signed, your daughter, Suzy.

Remember, the one with the curls?

I'm coming, you ballbuster.

Come on, Breck, walk faster. Move.

Come on, move.

What's the matter with you, Breck?

What do you smell?

Do you see something?

Huh?

Breck.

Come on.

What's wrong with you?

Breck.

Come on, let's go home.

I don't know what's gotten into you tonight.

What's wrong?

There's a man over there.

I think he was watching us.

- Oh, Fay, don't tell me you're worried about him.

Can't you see the poor guy's blind?

I propose we pick up where we left off.

Come on, baby.

Oh, no, Carl, no.

Come on.

I guess Suzy's gone out.

She could have at least turned on the answering machine.

She probably forgot.

No way.

That child of mine never forgets anything.

She did it on purpose.

Well, you're her mother.

You should know.

Now, here's a nice kitty that can't go out.

You feeling better?

Good.

Who wrote that children are extraterrestrials

that have come from outer space to destroy their parents?

Aldrich?

Mmm.

Ha.

- Hey, you're another fine example of progeny.

Don't you know mothers have to be obeyed and respected?

Because they're dangerous, very dangerous.

You better believe it.

What Suzy needs is a father,

a nice guy like me.

Are you inferring that I'm not a good mother?

Nah, that a boy.

No, I don't think that.

- I'm going to pick her up at school this evening.

It's about time we had a long talk.

Huh, human beings can talk things over

before they kill each other.

I'm sure she would have finished her off fast

if I hadn't have found her

and pulled her out of the cage in time.

This little critter would commit matricide.

It's 'cause her mother ignored her,

let her shift for herself.

That's life.

Families.

- Is it my fault I don't have enough time for her?

I've got to work, don't I?

Mmm.

Why don't we just get married?

Then you'll never have to work again.

- Except for being your private whore, private maid,

your private secretary, your private cook,

and God knows what else you have in your macho mind.

And why do you bite your mother, young fellow?

Because his mother bites his brothers.

Isn't that rather strange

from a naturalistic point of view?

I mean, survival of the species and all that.

Yeah, sure it's strange.

But then a lot of weird things have been happening

around here lately.

Keep talking.

This day might not be wasted after all.

I mightn't be much as a mother, but I might be able to

win a few rounds as a journalist.

What do you think of a headline like,

"Crazed Animals in Zoo"?

Oh! I could even steal Glazer's title, "Nature Weeps."

Oh, honey, I can't get enough of you.

Did you hear that?

What?