Happy 6-month anniversary Jessi! She’s made it through probation and working her first closed holiday. Jessi is the first Keeper at the Museum who went to school to specifically be a zoo keeper. She also interned with us in spring 2011- read about her from way back then, back when she was a tattoo-less student intern (or at least much-less-tattooed). She’s quite, thoughtful, diligent, and quite tough. I think she carries three pocket knives on her belt (I haven’t quite figured that oneRead more
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In Memory of J. Pos
I’m sorry to report that Jessica Opossum passed away last week Jessica Opossum enjoying her enrichment Jessica was one of our Education Holding Room animals, she got to educate many school and birthday party children during her time here with us. Earlier this year our other female opossum Cher also passed away, opossums have a very short life span often living no longer than 3 years. Click here to see Jill and baby Jessica dancing WeRead more
Animals at the Museum…that aren’t ours!
So on any given day you can come to the museum and see all kinds of fun things. The exhibits, the fun and wonderful staff, and of course the animals in their habitats. But once in a while you get a treat. You see the museum is on a good bit of wooded land and has a healthy population of wildlife living on it’s grounds as well. So sometimes we’re lucky enough to run into all kinds of fun animals thatRead more
New species at the Museum…
So, being a “Life and Science” Museum not only do we have the pleasure of having our own animal collection that we get to work (and play) with, but we also have the added bonus of a large outdoor campus with all kinds of fun wildlife as well. Sometimes we get to see groundhogs, sometimes snakes, and once in a while a brand new species wanders into out midst that completely blows our minds. This weekend, it happened again. WeRead more
Opossum ballet
Lots of times when Keeper Marilyn and I are together we like to reminisce about the good ole days. You may catch us singing a tune from New Kids on the Block together and performing their fantastic dance moves. Until someone can actually get that on film you will just have to close your eyes and imagine. However,the animal department did catch me performing my own dance moves in our quarantine room when Jessica Opossum first came to us. HoldingRead more