20745 pts ยท February 5, 2014
I am a zookeeper who works at a smaller privately owned zoo in the USA. I work witha red panda, penguins, primates, etc.
When I was looking at mobile homes a surprising amount had bookshelf doors leading to hidden rooms behind electric fireplaces. This really isn't a sign of wealth, just a design choice. My house was under $100,000 and I looked at several comparable houses with secret rooms.
As a zookeeper tortoises do this too. Trying to scrub floors and here comes a herd of Aldabras
There were some people in Birmingham Alabama who saw the bad side of fire fighters. They turned their hoses on people multiple times during the civil rights movement
I've raised chickens for over 2 decades and live in a very rural area. I've lost birds to all sorts of predators never once has a opossum touched one of my birds. Raccoons have killed many, yet more local older folk like raccoons than opossums. Definitely is a perception thing more than a risk aversion issue.
USA is big on flags, over half the houses on the drive to my work have one flying at all times. Also huge flags on vehicles everywhere. Ironically almost none of those "patriots" follow flag code
I think it's partially generational, opossums get better PR now. Older people I know think they are gross
I would day that is debatable, due to the nature of population density and demographics most places in the south where people will be visiting are more progressive. If you look at stats for hate crimes you will see large parts of the north east and northern great plains are hot spots and arguably more likely to be a risk to travelers. Sundown towns are mostly in the Midwest not the south. Stereotypes drive the assumption of risk in the south.
The south is also full of lots of great people, writing off a whole region based on stereotypes lack nuance at best and is actively harmful to progress
The balls harden
Might I suggest instead taking on the debt then hunting those responsible for sport?
I know a lot of people like that too
As a zookeeper I just need to hope they don't make a robot that scoops poop cheaper than me
His bowl has mostly red panda biscuits, but he got a grape right before the picture and I normally have a handful in my shirt pocket
Wayne is currently not eligible for breeding with his SSP since his genetic line is pretty well represented but he does have two children already at other facilities. You should check out pandafinders website, you can track his whole family tree!
Definitely a fair point of view. I am just a keeper so it's above my pay grade but I think for the facility i work at the only requirements we do not currently meet are infrastructure issues in non-animal areas (additional floor drains in keeper prep areas, etc.) and staffing requirements not associated with animal care/welfare.
I don't work with the hoofstock often, but from what I've heard it's just a rare luck of the draw thing. From what I have heard we have had their regular vet and a more specialized team from UT both give it a clean bill of health and they don't think it will have negative effects on its temperature regulation with our climate. Tony is also pretty plugged in with giraffe specialist/conservation groups so it's got a lot of people looking out.
My Christmas selfie is me with our resident red panda Wayne though
AZA is gold standard, but they also have VERY high membership costs and a lot of their requirements are not based on animal welfare. A small facility can't afford dedicated education/research/outreach teams, retrofitting of non-enclosure areas, etc.
Honestly most of the day to day is routine and not terribly exciting. I can tell you about some of the other "less unique" animals though. We have a red panda named Wayne who loves grapes, a coati with one eye named Manny who is obsessed with scritches, and African gray parrots who say 10-4 when they hear a radio go off
There are rules against sharing BTS photos on social media as a keeper, but if you look on the Facebook page for brights any credited to keeper Chris is me!
I work at Brights zoo, the baby is doing great!
The trick is to add books you would want to read, I see people complain about the quality of books but never contribute themselves. I view it as basicly a way to donate books to other readers anonymously. In grad school my local little library had great stuff and it was a very low income neighborhood so I think it really helped. We also had little pantries to leave food and many assumed it would be abused but people only took a little at a time.
#21 you've convinced me
My wife got bird foot prints in blue ink on the side of her breast. We still chuckle at her blue footed boobie
My school had a rifleshooting team and for a long time kids could bring their own rifle to school for practice. I don't think it's allowed any more
#14 that's actually just an aquatic turtle with duckweed and water cabbage on its back. Probably a female on her way to dig a nest. The plants will slide right off
Early texts most likely said he was a stonemason and there were translation issues. The historical figure lived in an area/time that favored brickwork and the earlier writings basically said he was a tradesman not a carpenter. One more reason taking modern religious texts as literal is nonsensical if they screw up even the basic details.
When I was looking at mobile homes a surprising amount had bookshelf doors leading to hidden rooms behind electric fireplaces. This really isn't a sign of wealth, just a design choice. My house was under $100,000 and I looked at several comparable houses with secret rooms.
As a zookeeper tortoises do this too. Trying to scrub floors and here comes a herd of Aldabras
There were some people in Birmingham Alabama who saw the bad side of fire fighters. They turned their hoses on people multiple times during the civil rights movement
I've raised chickens for over 2 decades and live in a very rural area. I've lost birds to all sorts of predators never once has a opossum touched one of my birds. Raccoons have killed many, yet more local older folk like raccoons than opossums. Definitely is a perception thing more than a risk aversion issue.
USA is big on flags, over half the houses on the drive to my work have one flying at all times. Also huge flags on vehicles everywhere. Ironically almost none of those "patriots" follow flag code
I think it's partially generational, opossums get better PR now. Older people I know think they are gross
I would day that is debatable, due to the nature of population density and demographics most places in the south where people will be visiting are more progressive. If you look at stats for hate crimes you will see large parts of the north east and northern great plains are hot spots and arguably more likely to be a risk to travelers. Sundown towns are mostly in the Midwest not the south. Stereotypes drive the assumption of risk in the south.
The south is also full of lots of great people, writing off a whole region based on stereotypes lack nuance at best and is actively harmful to progress
The balls harden
Might I suggest instead taking on the debt then hunting those responsible for sport?
I know a lot of people like that too
As a zookeeper I just need to hope they don't make a robot that scoops poop cheaper than me
His bowl has mostly red panda biscuits, but he got a grape right before the picture and I normally have a handful in my shirt pocket
Wayne is currently not eligible for breeding with his SSP since his genetic line is pretty well represented but he does have two children already at other facilities. You should check out pandafinders website, you can track his whole family tree!
Definitely a fair point of view. I am just a keeper so it's above my pay grade but I think for the facility i work at the only requirements we do not currently meet are infrastructure issues in non-animal areas (additional floor drains in keeper prep areas, etc.) and staffing requirements not associated with animal care/welfare.
I don't work with the hoofstock often, but from what I've heard it's just a rare luck of the draw thing. From what I have heard we have had their regular vet and a more specialized team from UT both give it a clean bill of health and they don't think it will have negative effects on its temperature regulation with our climate. Tony is also pretty plugged in with giraffe specialist/conservation groups so it's got a lot of people looking out.
My Christmas selfie is me with our resident red panda Wayne though
AZA is gold standard, but they also have VERY high membership costs and a lot of their requirements are not based on animal welfare. A small facility can't afford dedicated education/research/outreach teams, retrofitting of non-enclosure areas, etc.
Honestly most of the day to day is routine and not terribly exciting. I can tell you about some of the other "less unique" animals though. We have a red panda named Wayne who loves grapes, a coati with one eye named Manny who is obsessed with scritches, and African gray parrots who say 10-4 when they hear a radio go off
There are rules against sharing BTS photos on social media as a keeper, but if you look on the Facebook page for brights any credited to keeper Chris is me!
I work at Brights zoo, the baby is doing great!
The trick is to add books you would want to read, I see people complain about the quality of books but never contribute themselves. I view it as basicly a way to donate books to other readers anonymously. In grad school my local little library had great stuff and it was a very low income neighborhood so I think it really helped. We also had little pantries to leave food and many assumed it would be abused but people only took a little at a time.
#21 you've convinced me
My wife got bird foot prints in blue ink on the side of her breast. We still chuckle at her blue footed boobie
My school had a rifleshooting team and for a long time kids could bring their own rifle to school for practice. I don't think it's allowed any more
#14 that's actually just an aquatic turtle with duckweed and water cabbage on its back. Probably a female on her way to dig a nest. The plants will slide right off
Early texts most likely said he was a stonemason and there were translation issues. The historical figure lived in an area/time that favored brickwork and the earlier writings basically said he was a tradesman not a carpenter. One more reason taking modern religious texts as literal is nonsensical if they screw up even the basic details.