Well, okay, there’s still a lot of animals, but at least you’ve narrowed the scope. She aquarium’s tagline at one time was the world’s aquarium, which some of us in the, in the husbandry area thought, who, kind of a bold statement, you know, we don’t have all the world’s… Read More
So the, the curator would be more directly involved with that type of activity. Read More
What would you say is the largest professional problem facing US aquariums today, and what can be done to correct the problem?… Read More
And, and the thing with fishes is to try to minimize how much we’re taking from the wild. Again, there’s some pushback, for instance, in Hawaii collecting of some reef animals or is prohibited. So there are some animals that were favorites of an aquarium that, a variety of aquariums. Read More
How can we help affect collecting from the wild?… Read More
I mean, it’s been going on for decades now, but how can we contribute?… Read More
But the, the deal is that I think the curator is one that is hopefully more on the floor, more getting to see what’s going on, you know, has a hand in things, perhaps at times, certainly overseeing a transport or whatever. But in addition to that, a ZA has… Read More
And she told me this story. She goes, don’t tell anyone this, but when I was a child in Chicago, she goes, sometimes we would cut school, but we’d go to the museums. There’s a wonderful collection of museums in the city of Chicago. And I said, well, that’s a… Read More
And it was, after a while, I very much enjoyed that role because it’s a passion. It’s something that I feel personally, and I can speak to it very easily. Now, is the skill set for a curator different, I suppose you’re more hands on, the curator would be, you… Read More
There’s people that are really good at certain areas. Again, I was a very strong proponent of cross training, even fresh water to salt water type of thing, where people would get a more, a widespread portfolio, if you will, which would help us in the short term, but also… Read More
It was, it was a eye-opening experience for me when it, I first became the director, just a little background, I had served my highest level in the fishes department, and I was an assistant curator, and then I was a curator of marine mammals, and then I became director,… Read More
Maybe a piece of legislation that might be of interest to us, maybe some regulatory activity. And there’s often, as you know, another side to the issue. It’s not just our opinion. So it was really important for us to get to know those individuals on a personal basis, which… Read More
What skillset qualities does a director of collections need to be able to run an aquarium?… Read More
And, you know, they did get to have great animal experiences and everything, but the percentage that actually moved into a full-time role was pretty small. So a lot of interest. And you talked about different positions, which we’ll we’ll talk about, but skill sets. Read More
He goes, well, I, I got three roommates. I’m like, oh, okay. So I think the monetary part has a lot to do with being male or female. Now, the Aquarius don’t get paid more than the marine mammal trainers, but the bottom line is, I think it comes down… Read More
The women necessarily were at that time, you know, more of a subordinate role as far as the money coming into the house. So they could afford to work for a public aquarium like Shedd and not make a lot of money. So I think that was part of it. Read More
I says, how can you afford on this salary to live there?… Read More
But I’m, I’m trying to recall the direction I was going on this. What was the question About the women coming In?… Read More
Sure. It, it has been certainly the course in the marine mammal field for a large degree. It depends on the, the size of the animals. If you’re working with killer whales, SeaWorld, for instance, actually has a workout area, a gym, so people can stay physically fit and pretty… Read More
The women, yeah, that was it. The women, when I was in the fish’s department, the first female Aquarius was, she could hold her own. And, you know, the guys accepted her and everything and she was expressive, shall we say, out there and did a good job. And then… Read More