Interview 29556 – Caption Index: 516
I had a photographer come up to me and goes, are we gonna see anything besides killer whales?… Read More
I had a photographer come up to me and goes, are we gonna see anything besides killer whales?… Read More
And people are like, what, what, what?… Read More
And she said, Hey, do I want to come along and be the naturalist?… Read More
And I realized it was important to have the light up here, not down here. So for those of us that had the headlamp, we could actually see sapphire blue and emerald green that was gorgeous all around the opening and what we were seeing in reflections of spider’s eyes. Read More
It’s, to me, it’s the immersive experience of being there. And if I may, one thing that, you know, I thought, ah, I’m, I’m pretty familiar with wherever we’re going. We were doing a night hike in Belize and going into a jungle area, had a big opening and then… Read More
Yes, the Shedd Aquarium has a very active travel program. We usually work with, you know, tour operators. Occasionally we have run our own trips. For instance, we have taken groups to The Bahamas where we have several conservation research scientists doing work over there. On the other hand, I’ve… Read More
And if so, what were they trying to teach people?… Read More
It’s like, it takes a lot of food for an animal that’s 10,000 pounds or whatever. So if you have the resources, if you’re able to allocate the, the staff, I would say go for it. There’s precious few people that would even entertain the idea. But I think the… Read More
Did the Shedd have a travel program?… Read More
Can you, can you talk about your views regarding the hot topic of aquariums maintaining killer whales in their collections?… Read More
Yes, unique animal, tremendously popular. They are a such a large animal that unless you’re able to provide them a really large exhibit would probably be best left away from our collections. What’s too large, what’s too small is up to anybody’s opinion. I guess. Again, there’s USDA regulations that… Read More
There are people that have never been to the ocean, period. I’ve read of people that live in the city that have never seen Lake Michigan, which I can’t believe, but it’s a, it’s getting to know the animals. Excuse me. Read More
How many people will get to see a beluga whale in the wild or a killer whale in the wild?… Read More
Again, in my field work, I’ve had tremendous exposure to animals in the wild, including killer whales several times. And it’s just, it takes your breath away. One time we were out on Monterey Bay and we came across the sperm whale, and I’m with, I’m brand new to the… Read More
And, you know, should we be doing this?… Read More
And by and large we felt yes. You know, if we’re following government mandates as far as the size and the water quality and everything size of the exhibitry, it’s okay. There’s a lot of people that just become endeared to these animals. And it could be fish as well. Read More
There was a lot of heat that was generated as far as, wow, do you think they’re doing the right thing?… Read More
Is that, should they even have an animal that large, these animals swim for miles every day. How can they swim? This small concrete bathtub that was a common term, used a facility like SeaWorld has had tremendous success with killer whales breeding them and maintaining them. This was kind… Read More
But the challenge was, well, do you think that’s correct?… Read More
So that when we get approached with a question like you just asked me, you know, what is okay for us to say to you?… Read More