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We have no idea The Matrix Resurrections opens with protagonist Neo living inside a new iteration of the Matrix, a simulated reality designed by machines to keep captive humans docile.

But as a picture of the childish innocence that we all learn to keep captive and subject to the crass demands of adult life, it’s kind of heartbreaking.

To keep captive dolphins entertained, marine facilities typically give them pool noodles and rings to play with.

But it is hard to question Holst’s premise that, as long as one has zoos, culling helps to keep captive populations genetically robust.

The permit allows the tribe to keep captive eagles and collect their feathers for ceremonial and religious use.