Gosh, yes. Everywhere. I used to, when I would give tours and, and part of my work when I, you know, went beyond caring for the animals directly was to do tours for prospective donors or, you know, honored guests or whatever. And because I knew the animal collection, I… Read More
They’re not, they’re not out there fundraising necessarily. But when I would walk around with these tours, I would speak to the army of volunteers we have, and when I was last there, we had 800 volunteers. Now not all of them are there every week. Some of ’em are… Read More
So I, I guess if I had to say one thing, it would be the successful operation opening an operation of the Oceanarium. You had talked about a little about volunteers. Read More
That was a massive endeavor. It still staggers me when I think about it. I’m like, oh my God, I’m glad we did that. That went very well. But at the time it was just a lot going in my life personally and then as well at work and, you… Read More
What is the place, do you believe, for volunteers within an aquarium setting? Are they valuable?… Read More
I’m like, what do you mean?… Read More
It’s like, well, and for instance, when the lab position was open, and that was again, a major responsibility. The lab was disease, diagnosis and treatment. I had done a master’s degree in fish parasitology. So I was kind of a natural, I had a good familiarity with what I… Read More
And a friend said one time, did you ever think that maybe you set yourself up to be lucky?… Read More
What would you say is one of your proudest accomplishments?… Read More
Well, I, I, I guess I would say, you know, personally it would be the opportunities I had at Shut Aquarium, you know, and the advancements to the, the positions I served in. I often say, I can’t believe how lucky I was to get that job or to do… Read More
Yeah, yeah. Gosh, I remember a big thing was, I can’t remember what they call it. It was a wheel that you would turn and it’d have various facets and you could learn about different animals in the exhibit by turning this, A large part is our touch screens. Just… Read More
How do they eat? You know, why, why do they have that adaptation type of thing. So I I, the graphics part is always a huge part of the exhibit design and, you know, it’s not my background, but sitting in on design meetings I’ve come to appreciate, you know,… Read More
So it’s nice to be able to have the, the videos, the graphics, whatever, that are gonna embellish the experience of seeing that animal. You’ve done a lot of things in your career. Read More
And we’re currently doing that now. Things that are importance to the Bahamian government, their conservation organization, but they may not have the financial means to accomplish that on their own. So they would welcome a, a well-designed research program and we can help facilitate that. So the, I think… Read More
I mean, have there been advances in graphics in how to do this? Or, or Not?… Read More
Yeah, it’s, it’s gotta, it’s gotta be attractive. It’s gotta draw your eye. The old days when it was just, you know, a sign with a picture of the animal, maybe the genus and species, maybe here’s where it’s from. It’s like, you know, unless you’re the aquarium geek, you’re… Read More
Yeah. How did you, how do you help get that message across?… Read More
Boy, I would say probably they, they’ve gotta be equally weighted. Certainly education should be central to any facility. Again, it’s neat to come and see the animals, but hey, let me, let me inject a little education. I used used to laugh at it when I’d see some really… Read More
’cause people don’t necessarily seem to read Yeah. Graphics. Read More
What’s the best way to get that message across?… Read More