You know you're at the zoo and not Poly when..

[Winston]

..howling ferociously at oneanother over mere trifles seems to have gone somewhat out of style

..the male occupants treat females with relative courtesy and restraint

..you're more likely to bump into someone who actually listened to the latest PolyCast

..the moderators all wear overalls and rubber boots

..all the offending crap is efficiently and discretely disposed of on a daily basis

..the banana option is consistently the most popular one

..as previously mentioned elsewhere, the average macaroni intake per occupant is likely to be lower

[SlowwHand]

I didn't any at the zoo arguing about math.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

...official steps are taken to get perennial singletons a girlfriend.

[molly bloom]

Creatures that look and sound like inveterate rightwingers are put to sleep humanely, for the good of the species' gene pool.

[azzaman333]

Less than 80% of the animals are sleeping with their relatives.

[DrSpike]

...the occupants don't incessantly whine about everything.

[Nikolai]

...people think metaspam is a rip off of a food brand.