Animals

Guy #1: Hey, what if you had a donkey? Haha.
Guy #2: Yeah, if I had a donkey. Haha. If I had a donkey and you had a rooster, haha.
Guy #1: Exactly.

–Ocean City, Maryland

Wet swimmer staring at recently caught shark: Did you catch that here?

–Tybee Island Pier, Savannah, Georgia

Overheard by: Shane

Wet swimmer staring at recently caught shark: Did you catch that here?

–Tybee Island Pier, Savannah, Georgia

Overheard by: Shane

Little brother: Aren't you glad we watched Shark Week when we were in North Carolina and not like, last night?
Big brother (sarcastically): Yeah. Great. Because sharks never come here.
Little brother: Well, at least it's not Florida. Or South Africa.

–Avon, New Jersey

Child: Mommy, do the fish come from the ocean or the country club?

–Cape Cod, Massachusetts

6-year-old day camper #1: My favorite is the leopard shark. Is it your favorite, too?
6-year-old day camper #2: Nah, my favorite animals are monsters.

–Birch Aquarium, Scripps Oceanography Institute, La Jolla, California

Overheard by: orly

Woman sitting at beach with friends: I saw a ladybug in my salad and I ate that shit! It was giving me the finger…

–Riis Beach, New York

Guy at table full of intently listening people: Imagine 50 pounds of animal defecating inside your house! That's a lot of shit!

–Virginia Beach, Virginia

Passing local, to little boy feeding seagulls: Hey, you don’t want to do that. They’ll attack you.
Little boy: Okay. Thank you.

Local walks of earshot.

Little boy: What a bitch.

–St. Pete Beach, Florida

Overheard by: sara

Son: Mommy, why haven't the sharks ripped those other fish apart?

–New York Aquarium, Coney Island, New York

Overheard by: Alex Remnick