I would say it’s more the latter. There’s very few areas where you’re likely to put an animal back into the wild and it’s gonna do well because it’s never experienced that environment. In the news recently, there was a beluga whale that showed up in Norway on its own. Read More
You talked about conservation, but what kind of conservation programs do you believe an aquaquarium should be involved with today that is involving what the wildlife conservation nationally or internationally?… Read More
Part of the, the conservation work that I favor on any scale is kind of the preservation of habitat. You know, and I’m sure this happens in all over the country, but invasive species is a big deal, certainly with aquatic animals, but also with plants. But you know, there… Read More
And you know, we’ve even talked about braille interpretation of exhibits. I’m like, yeah, but they can’t see the exhibits. Yeah, but there’s somebody with them that can describe the animals and they can read a little bit about it. And I’m like, oh, never thought about that. Or something… Read More
How do you clean it? And there were all kinds of challenges that way. It’s, you know, I think, I know the open-minded nature of the job is what yields success. It’s like if you are receptive to new ideas and you know, you’re not only supporting someone’s interest, hopefully,… Read More
Right before I went there, I saw a father come in with a young child and this kid started screaming when I was under the dryer and I pulled back ’cause I thought, oh my gosh. And I’m like, apologizing, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize. And he says, ah, no… Read More
It’s like, okay, well how do you get in there to feed them if it’s a closed chamber type of thing, how do you feed them?… Read More
Okay, how are you going to maintain the heavy pressure that these guys would experience in the wild?… Read More
And there were attempts at this with small aquariums that were pressurized. Read More
You know, come back to me, you know, if we can make it happen, let’s, let’s go toward that. Some people would love to have deep sea fishes. Read More
And sometimes it’s like, yeah, but how are you gonna achieve that in this small space?… Read More
Ah, gosh, probably, probably keeping an open mind, which I guess pertains to just about any job I would think. But it’s being receptive to new things. Female aquas. I mean, I remember when the first female aquas came to the Shedd and there was a lot of, oh yeah,… Read More
But I would say by and large the history is of nominal interest to most aquarists unfortunately. But it is. Read More
What was, what was the most important piece of advice you received that has stayed with you throughout your career?… Read More
But the history, I gotta say, I would say for the large part, most aqua that I have known don’t really know a lot about the history of aquas or don’t speak about it or maybe just don’t care. They know where they are today. They know, you know, as… Read More
A lot of people would go there to get ideas for their own home aquarium type of thing. But the ballots room had to do with the, the concept was we’re not gonna have any mechanical thing other than light keeping these animals alive. We’re gonna have natural plants in… Read More
There are those individuals that are zealots about the history. I, I’m thinking of a couple individuals at Sha Aquarium that collect memorabilia from, you know, the beginnings of SHA Aquarium or back to European aquariums. Very, very focused on the history and can certainly see the evolution. We used… Read More
And it was just a neat feeling to know that all is not lost. There are still good places around the world and the, the, I think experience in animals in a field, or at least the environments in which they come, would be a big part of, you know,… Read More
Do you believe that a Aquarius in the profession or even younger curators are aware of and understand the history of the aquarium field?… Read More
And do you think that’s important?… Read More