LONDON, Aug 25: London Zoo unveiled a new exhibition on Thursday — eight humans prowling around the place. The ‘Human Zoo’ is intended to show the basic nature of human beings as they frolick throughout the bank holiday weekend.

“We have set up this exhibit to highlight the spread of man as a plague species and to communicate the importance of man’s place in the planet’s ecosystem,” London Zoo said.

The volunteers will be treated as animals and kept amused at the central London zoo with games and music.

“I actually think the fig leaves will be enough to cover us up, it’s no worse than a swimming pool,” said Simon Spiro, 19, from New Malden, near London.

Spiro, selected from dozens of hopefuls in an Internet competition, said he was excited by the prospect of monkeying around on the zoo’s Bear Mountain.

“I’m a veterinary student so the idea of working for a zoo was something that appealed to me. —AFP