Destroy it type of thing. We had them taking the, the nuts that held down, the outflow grates on the bottom, taking those off and basically could get to the strong flow of water. There’s been examples of young harbor seals getting sucked on a drain and drowning and oh… Read More
They basically look at something like, Hey, what’s this for?… Read More
They’re rolling them around like there’s no big deal. I’m like, oh my gosh. These are strong animals also. We used to provide, we still do clams and mussels, hard shelled items. After they extract the meat, they take ’em and they bang against the glass. So you can see… Read More
Anything where you learned something new?… Read More
Let’s see here. I’m trying to think. There were, there were no escapes, which is a good thing. ’cause most of these animals aren’t gonna go too far. I, you know, one of their crazy things is, you know, you design the facility as best you can, you get all… Read More
She goes, who do I talk to at the aquarium?… Read More
And so I’m like, ah. So anyway, I reached out to the head of marketing and sales and I said, Hey, if you don’t mind, this person’s interested in talking to you. And I gave them each email information and I know not what happened with it. I don’t know… Read More
But Now during this time, are there any interesting of getting the animals and building the, you the curator of the marine mammals, were there any stories or interesting situations you could share?… Read More
Senior management of which I was part of at that time, met about this and said, you know, we don’t want this happening here and we have to make the case to the people that are trying to bring the union in that you realize if the union comes in,… Read More
She goes, I heard, you know, union she aquarium. I’m like, yeah, I just heard that in the news. Read More
Short answer is there were no unions at Shedd aquarium. There still are no unions at Shedd aquarium. However, I’m not sure how far back this goes, but there was, there is a union that might come into chat aquarium. And it turns out I found out recently that it… Read More
Can you tell us about unions and how they affected the Aquarium’s development running of it?… Read More
What were the limitations and demands?… Read More
So it was, it was wonderful to gain his respect, eventual friendship and you know, it, I’m glad it way it played out. Read More
And more importantly getting to know the players so I could, you know, pick up the phone and ask somebody at another facility, what have you guys done about this?… Read More
But the, the amount I learned was overwhelming and it was just so rewarding. Read More
And I’m like, what do I know about this?… Read More
You know, and well, Mr. Breaker, da da da da da. And you know, and you can tell it’s bad ’cause a fish even are not eating it. And when he put it in the water, it floats which good, healthy, you know, fresh fish, it would sink and they’d… Read More
That was his focus and I was his guy. So he was sending me, first of all, one of the things he says, I want you to go to every professional marine mammal meeting and I’m going to, like I said, the Aquatic Animal vets. Read More
It’s like, Jim, what’s going on with this?… Read More