I think a lot of our problem now is that we’re assigning the curatorial status to some people who have just book knowledge. They’ve studied it in college, they have a degree that says they’re a zoologist or they’re a mammalogist, but the many of them couldn’t tell you anything about the natural habitat that it takes for these animals. And a zoo is all about trying to simulate natural habitats, about what they eat, many of these things. So I think that a curator should not only have the book knowledge, but the animal husbandry knowledge to care for the animals that he’s gonna be in charge of. And he also has to be a people person. By being a curator, it means you’re in charge of collection. It means you can’t do it by yourself. You have to work with people and you have to be a good people manager.
