In moving from an agrarian to an industrial society, many Americans have lost touch with the harsh realities of the natural world. Sure, many people have pets and visit zoos, but for the most part, ordinary Americans’ understanding of nature has mostly been filtered through cute cartoons and selective footage in movies or nature documentaries. But at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, a group of children got to witness firsthand how brutal and, indeed, un-cute nature could be. As seen in a TikTok video captured on April 25 by a mother hosting a birthday party for her daughter, the girl and thei…