Well, I guess for me psychologically, the reptiles were by far the most challenging, because again, I wasn’t about to reach into a cage to get a rattlesnake out, or a big Python, or boa constrictor. I wasn’t comfortable working with these animals. And I had to rely entirely on the skill of the curators to figure out safely how to handle these animals. And then I could safely do whatever medical procedure was needed. Beyond that, I think I developed a comfort level working with and around just about any other animal in the collection under proper time and care. I can reflect that in my small animal hospital, I was bitten and scratched by dogs and cats many times. In all the years at Lincoln Park Zoo, both as a part-time zoo vet, full-time zoo vet, zoo director, I never was seriously injured in any way, shape, or form. I was both careful and lucky.
