Summer heat can bring out the strangest behavior in people.

At one zoo stand, a group of volunteers got an unforgettable surprise when a man turned their water cooler into a makeshift fountain for his whole family.

You’ll want to read on for this one.

“Is that human water?”

I was volunteering at a local zoo, and at the time I was working at a stand selling camel feed with a few other volunteers.

Important note: where we were, it was 90–100 degrees Fahrenheit, so we had a large orange water cooler to refill our water bottles at the stand, a few feet in front of the edge of the counter.

Directly to the right, we had an area for kids to play.

I noticed Water Dude sitting at a bench near the back of the play area by the stand, facing backward from the play area and looking at his phone.

It seemed odd to me that he was alone and turned back toward the fence around the zoo.

Eventually the guy ended up coming up to their stand.

He eventually put his phone back in his pocket and walked up the ramp to the stand. This is the conversation:

Other Volunteer: “What can we help you with today?”

This guy had a pretty strange opening to his request.

Water Dude: “Is that human water?” (Pointing to the orange cooler)

Me: “I’m not sure exactly what you mean.”

Water Dude: “Like, is that water for people or animals?”

Me: “Oh, okay. Yeah, it is for people working the stand.”

Water Dude: “Can I have some?”

Other Volunteer: “Sorry, we don’t have any cups.”

But that wasn’t a problem for this guy.

Water Dude: “That’s fine, I’ll just waterfall it.”

He grabbed the cooler, held it above his head, opened his mouth wide, and pressed the spout to pour water.

I’ll have to admit, I don’t think he spilled a single drop while doing this, even though it’s fairly heavy when filled with water.

Water Dude jogged off after giving us an enthusiastic “thanks” and setting the water cooler back.

Me and the two other volunteers exchanged confused and somewhat amused expressions and waited until he was out of earshot to laugh a bit.

But that wasn’t the last these volunteers would see of him.

A few minutes later, we saw Water Dude come back around the corner with presumably his wife and two or three kids.

He loudly said, “Water,” while pointing to the stand. They speed-walked up, and Water Dude grabbed the cooler once again.

His family stood around him, mouths wide open, while he poured water into their mouths from a few inches above their heads.

They thanked us and walked off.

The volunteers could hardly contain their laughter.

We could barely help grinning through the experience.

It should be noted we had numerous fountains, vending machines, and a café with water.

Judging by the direction they came from, they had to have gone through the café with two drinking fountains and a large cooler with bottled water.

This definitely isn’t this guy’s first day on Earth!

Reddit is sure to get a kick out of this one.

Human people don’t usually refer to themselves as human near this much.

All things considered, this may have been the best place to get water at this zoo.

Or maybe it just tastes better.

It may be an unorthodox method, but hoses are a pretty efficient mode of water delivery.

It was hard for the volunteers to keep a straight face during all this!

Sometimes the most entertaining zoo scenes come from the people, not the animals.

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