Humans answer call of the wild

EXHIBITIONISTS strutted their stuff yesterday as they warmed up for the first “human zoo”.

Donning fig leaves to protect their modesty, the eight show-offs were preparing for an exhibition at London Zoo this weekend.

Visitors to the humans- turned-animals project will see the volunteers keeping amused with games, music and art. But after each day in the enclosure, the naked bunch will be allowed home for the night.

Simon Spiro, 19, from Surrey, was selected among 30 hopefuls for the project.

“I’m a veterinary student so the idea of working for a zoo was something that appealed to me,” he said.

“I’m not even worried by the fact it might be cold and rainy. I’ve brought pocket scrabble in case we’re bored. The only problem is I won’t have pockets to put it in.”

Brendan Carr, 25, from Buckinghamshire, an actor, model, musician and fitness fanatic, entered the competition by writing a poem.

It said: “I’m funky like a monkey and as cool as a cat, talk more than a parrot, up all night like a bat. I got a laugh like a hyena but get the hump like a camel, so cover me in fig leaves as I’m the ultimate mammal.”