I have always hated the concept of zoos. Ever since I was a kid, I have never really enjoyed visiting a zoo. Everything was just so artificial, and vain. And I used to see kids my age absolutely lose their shit when a monkey jumps inside the cage, or the lion stands up and I used to think - how can anyone enjoy this!
I used to watch a lot of Nat geo and animal planet and I think that imprinted the true beauty of every animal, bird in their natural habitat in my mind.
At zoos, they don't show us animals, they show us caged souls. As a kid, enjoying the animals there is fairly considerable but not for the grown-ups.
Although those documentaries highlight what it's like to be in the wild, I guess there is nothing wilder than remaining unseen and unexplored. When we overcome that barrier and explore everything on earth, we have to think that we have reached the limit; now we have nothing to do but wait for our certain demise.