Every year the museum has put on Santa train. This year we were give the opportunity to decorate a tree, so the animal department got some stuff together and decided to give it a try. We found various stuffed animals , an owl tree topper, some pre-made ornaments and some that the keepers painted themselves. The garland that hangs on the tree is made from the twine that is from our hay bales. We made popcorn and craisin ropeRead more
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Farewell Mikey
Blog readers all over the world are in mourning because Mikey will be leaving the Museum. Maybe with enough comments we can convince him to stay on board as a guest blogger. 🙂 Mikey is heading to Greensboro to more intensely pursue his Master’s degree. He’s been taking one class each semester, which would put him on track for completion somewhere around 2020- a bit longer than desired. We’ll miss his sense of humor, his big smile, his passion forRead more
Trash anyone?
Anyone who has been in the animal keeping profession knows that part of the job includes the unfortunate task of pulling trash out of the animal exhibits. On some level it is expected that a random object will occasionally be found in an animal’s enclosure, due to a visitor accidentally dropping something and not being able to recover it (please don’t try to retrieve the item yourself!). However, we have noticed the amount of trash in the exhibits increase significantlyRead more
QuikPost: Pranksters
Once again, this is what happens when you leave your locker open and then leave for the day… We are definitely a group of pranksters around here. Check out some other posts about the pranks we’ve pulled. /keepers/2011/08/19/come-to-the-dark-side-we-have-cookies/ /keepers/2011/01/12/fun-with-a-fake-sheep/ /keepers/2010/08/22/quik-postphone-messages/ /keepers/2009/06/26/why-you-should-never-go-on-vacation/ OK, this one isn’t a prank, but it’s a darn good post! /keepers/2008/08/28/summer-breeze-makes-me-feel-fine/ Read more
QuikPost: Mikey’s desk is clean!!
Being that we are animal keepers, you can probably imagine we spend far more time cleaning our animals’ spaces than we do cleaning our own. At work our space is the Animal Department office, and you can see from the picture below that it is a bit disheveled! However, you also have to keep in mind that there are six of us who share a space that is approximately 10 feet by 18 feet in size! Some of the keepers’Read more
The thrills of working around construction….
You may have seen the previous post that Karyn wrote about new flooring being installed on our support hall. Well, this week has been difficult for the keepers because everything is out of place and out of whack. However, even in light of the craziness that we are currently enduring, people are working through it like champs. In fact, we are trying to find amusement in the chaos wherever we can. The fact that we have to crawl through theRead more