So that’s why you’re getting the hat.” It was a little joke. And I got a call from the then zoologist or associate curator at the time. He said, “Mark, the two guys working with the elephants,” we always had two people for safety, “they don’t wanna work with one another and I don’t know what to do.” And I said, and I’m at home. I said, “Okay.” I said, “I’ll come down to the zoo.” Obviously, I gotta take care of the animals. I said, “I’ll come down to the zoo.” He said, “Do you wanna come to the elephant, enclosure?” I said, “No. I’m gonna go to the conference room of the main office. I’ll tell you when I’m there and I want you to send them to me.” “Oh, you don’t wanna come down there?” I said, “No. I don’t wanna be in their territory. I wanna be in my territory when I talk to them.” It’s a psychological thing. So it’s talked about in Hediger’s book, “Psychology of Animals in Zoos and Circuses.” Makes sense. I won’t go into that now. So I bring the fire hat. I said, “Ingrid, I need the fire hat.” “Why?” I said, “I just need it.” So, get in. I said, “Send the guys over.” “Okay.” Put the fire hat, center of the table.
