pbw79: depends on who wins....
Yeah, Ray, haven't you watched the attract mode?...or even the intro to each game?
the net: it does look more like a hopper than something flexible and all. After about the sixth board, though, they game cheats you. If you get a whole bunch in the cage, the animals eat faster than you could ever put blocks back. So I just try to survive, and get some large animal group jumps in there for mega points. Read the game info on that, it's pretty neat how it multiplies. (Actually, the whole game info is pretty neat.)
I generally can get at least one jump on the top platform of the first two platform screens but any more than that is courting death. Big points if you can manage more. Anyways, here's my latest high score. On your heels DeL. Arrrr.
Oh, and how the hell did you manage that first board?