And you can climb up just like the spider monkeys 20 feet up in the air Okay. And be nose to nose with the spider monkey. ’cause the spider monkeys very interested in you and is just absolutely wonderful. So you’re climbing up, they’re climbing up. Okay. That’s, oh wow. Read More
We as adults have higher expectations of Oh wow. Because we see too many stupid movies. Okay. And we need to be impacted right away. Children have a whole different perspective of Oh wow. Even though they’re very connected electronically. You give us some great experiences at the children at… Read More
And, you know, if we bring out an animal on, on the stage and show them how the serv could jump 10 feet in the air and hit the feathers that we have dangling about it going, oh wow, okay. It’s, it’s not out in its habitat. They’re just seeing… Read More
How when you were building exhibits, how did you try and achieve a wow impact when you were looking at exhibit design?… Read More
And that’s one thing you’ll see at the Lincoln Children Zoo. We didn’t build the big gunite walls of Yes, we, we have, we have utilized a little bit of it, but the wow is, look at that animal. My gosh. When you’re standing on, when you’re standing 10 feet… Read More
It’s just, and so they asked the keepers different things. They learn different things about, you know, the seven neck bones, the same number of neck bones you and I have a giraffe has. But those neck bones are a little bit different. They can rotate a little bit differently. Read More
’cause they, why is that? Gee, how’s an animal that long?… Read More
How does the blood get up to its brain? You know?… Read More
You know, they, they’ve got the bulls going up and down in their throat, you know?… Read More
You’re watching, you know, gosh, they’re just like a cow. Read More
They come in and help pick up manure, you know, help observe the animals. I mean, you know, we have students who go and observe their primates and, and record behavior as, you know, part of their, their, their classwork at school. And, and so that gives them a whole… Read More
And some of the, you know, students actually go with the keepers and learn. And so while what they’re doing, some of them help take care of the animals. Some are work with our horticultures to learn about, about plant care and plant management, you know, as well. Some work… Read More
Did the Lincoln Children’s Zoo do any of that kind of thing? What’s your opinion?… Read More
Some pluses and minuses in your opinion about when you pay to be a keeper for a day keeper, that kind of experience. Read More
You know, we do have camps for kids. We have done those, you know, occasional, you know, be a zookeeper for a day. But what we try to do is organize those things more from an educational perspective. Just like the Lincoln Children’s Zoo for over 25 years has had… Read More
What do you feel about visitor?… Read More
You’ve mentioned experiences, visitors want, experience. Read More
What do you feel about visitor experiences?… Read More
It’s just, I’m being very honest. None of us wanna say we failed. We all wanna be successful. Especially when it considers you spent millions of dollars doing it and you made donors happy and politic, politicians happy and the community happy. But behind the scenes we should say we… Read More
You know, and I’m not being critical, okay?… Read More