Racine Zoo 'residents' featured in humorous book that 'rates' animals like online reviews

RACINE -- Would you ever describe a penguin as "ungrateful" or an elderly monkey as "working spectacularly"?

Several animals from the Racine Zoo have been featured in a new book -- one that links the nature of the Zoo's animals with online shopping reviews.

The book "Animals Reviewed: Starred Ratings of Our Feathered, Finned, and Furry Friends" features an African penguin, orangutan, white-handed gibbon, spectacled bear and leopard gecko from the Racine Zoo.

In one "rating", an African penguin gets just one star, describing it as:


In another rating, an orangutan was described as:


Proceeds from the book go to the Association of Zoo and Aquariums and its Saving Animals from Extinction program.