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But did you volunteer for the zoo?… Read More

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No, I not even got the reprint from the first describer. Read More

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And when you got this job at the pet shop, was this your first exposure to be working and being with animals?… Read More

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Yes, the pet shop was the first exposure to animals, but one job I didn’t like because it was just selling fishes and birds, and so on, But I couldn’t go to the zoo, working in the zoo before my age of 16. And so, therefore, I first went to… Read More

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What did they think about that?… Read More

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I got total freedom from my parents in the selection of my profession. Now, early on in 1956, when you were 13-years-old, you had made a discovery, blue neon tetra fish. In my childhood, I worked in a pet shop in Zurich, and I found a new neon tetra. I… Read More

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Did they name it after you?… Read More

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So your parents knew you had an interest in animals at an early age?… Read More

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My parents learned it through my weekly visits to Zurich Zoo that I was very much interested in animals and zoos. Read More

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Did you bring animals home or were you only seeing them when you went out?… Read More

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Do you have brothers and sister?… Read More

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Well, I have three elder sisters, but neither the parents nor the elder sisters were interested in animals. And we lived in the middle of the city, downtown Zurich. And so I haven’t had much space for animals. My first animals were turtles and tortoises, which I still keep. And,… Read More

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When you were growing up, what zoos were you first exposed to?… Read More

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During my childhood, I went usually weekly every weekend to Zurich Zoo, which was the closest zoo in my childhood. So I knew most animals, and most animal keepers in the zoo. Read More

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What was your childhood like?… Read More

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My name is Christian Schmidt, and I was born in 1943 in Zurich, in Switzerland. So I’m Swiss citizen. Read More

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