Interview 9078 – Caption Index: 381
Sure, why not?… Read More
Sure, why not?… Read More
Because the fish is living out there in the middle of the sand. Shedd Aquarium has a wonderful exhibit on the Amazon. Read More
Well, I think that that will be eventually done and I think the Japanese will do it. Over the decades, aquariums have moved from fishes and aquatic invertebrates to vertebrates, including mammals, birds, reptiles. Should an aquarium be limited strictly to aquatic and semi-aquatic creatures. Read More
Where should the limit be?… Read More
Or is there any limit?… Read More
Do you think a giant squid will ever be exhibited?… Read More
I don’t know. I don’t know. That I think is probably a more of a problem than the coelacanth. Coelacanth, I think, can be solved by… They seem to be more susceptible to light than to pressure. Temperature is also a problem. I think that can be solved. The pressure… Read More
Well, first, would you explain what a coelacanths is, and a primitive fish essentially. Read More
And then what would it take to maintain one, specialty features of the aquarium?… Read More
Well, coelacanth, first of all, it has no spinal backbone. It’s got what’s called a notochord, and that is filled with an oil that I think gives them buoyancy and also gives them protection against the depth, they’re at for compressing their bodies. Coelacanth means hollow spine and the spines… Read More
And said, “I’ve got this fish here. “I think you better come and look at it, “and sort of described it.” And he hustled down there and looked at it, and he says, “God, this is a coelacanth, “they’ve been extinct for 350 million years.” And they finally got it… Read More
He covered the whole thing, put it in a container, took it back to South Africa, perhaps to Pretoria or St, help me, what’s the name?… Read More
Johannesburg. And they shipped it, got here, had to go to New York, but then it had to go to Dallas because the Doggone cargo compartment from New York, Chicago wouldn’t work right. So they had to send it to Dallas to get on a plane, come to Chicago. And… Read More
And they’re still there. Well, today, for some reason, it doesn’t fit in the aquariums plan to put them on exhibit. So I’d like to see that. And eventually, I think some aquarium is going to put a live on that exhibit. Probably the Japanese, I would guess. ‘Cause, they’ve… Read More
Now going back to the programs or exhibits that you would’ve wanted to implement, but for various reasons just didn’t happen. Well, I wanted to get a coelacanth on exhibit and I got two preserved ones which could have gone on exhibit. I had a man drop into my office… Read More
And I can’t remember what it was. Maybe it was Abbott Labs or somebody. And we would like to get a supply of saline from them. So I said, okay, I’ll work at it. And I think we had a board member at that time from Abbott, and we arranged… Read More
Yeah. Okay. Read More
Are there programs or exhibits that you would have implemented during your tenure that just didn’t happen for any number of reasons?… Read More
And the third is when I was president that I hired a law firm to defend AAZPA against the government who wanted side pass the Lacey Act, which read, you cannot import dangerous, noxious, venomous animals, and so forth. And some people with the government, and I could name the… Read More
What’s your proudest accomplishment?… Read More