A quick shout-out to our two father’s in the animal department today. The two of them, especially together, provide quite a bit of entertainment. Some photos of Kent and Aaron are below. We’re skewed female in the department: Seven human females to two human males. In “zoo lingo” animal department staff sexes would be written as 2.7 (actually, to be technical, it would be 2.7.0. the first number is males, then next is females, and the last is unknown). Our volunteer team is skewedRead more
Posts tagged: #Aaron
Nick and Aaron Seranade Katy
Recently I was sitting at my desk entering health records when Aaron and Nick appeared at my door!!! [youtube]http://youtu.be/Lj3aM30hfyg[/youtube] Read more
Thanksgiving Week.
On Monday I drove to South Carolina to swap our alligators for smaller ones. Aaron and I arrived at the Museum around 5 AM to catch-up our current alligators. We use under-the-bed storage containers for transport. Our alligators are all less than 4 feet in length: Drilling air holes and duct taping the container works great for transporting our alligators. Our Alligators are on loan to us from Alligator Adventure. When ours get too big for their exhibit or holdingRead more
Gus on the scale…
Remember my drawing of Gus? Aaron’s? Here’s the real thing: this is what Gus looks like on the scale: My Drawing: Aaron’s Drawing: Read more
Grape Bonding
Last week grapes were on sale, it’s summer, very hot, and Aaron has a credit card. Aaron bought well over 100 pounds of grapes. We freeze them and use them as frozen treats for the animals. This batch should last us over 3 months. It takes quite a bit of time to pull grapes off them stems. I only slightly jest that I have never seen the keepers work so well together! What a bonus. I wonder howRead more