Animal Kingdom

The zoo is a relaxing place to go and visit but why is it a relaxing place to visit? Is it because we are at peace with the animals that we are looking at. Maybe the animals at the zoo remind us of ourselves. Dobrin and Kidd (pg 279) state the following, "We human animals apparently perfer to look at animals that seem childlike- warm, fuzzy and funny. Favorite features include prominent eyes and foreheads, a rounded body, short extremities, and vertical posture."