Interview 29556 – Caption Index: 192
So did the aquarium have a master plan or was it just in the director’s mind?… Read More
So did the aquarium have a master plan or was it just in the director’s mind?… Read More
I took it upon myself to like, do your best job to keep this department running smoothly. ’cause everybody’s looking to you. You’re the guy, you know, if something goes wrong, it’s gonna come back to you. So I had no qualms, especially after I got to know the marine… Read More
Yes and no. No, because it took me further from actual hands on work with the animals. You know, even as curator you still get in there if it’s a big thing, all, all hands on deck, you get to be part of it. But as you get further up… Read More
No, no losses or animals escaping that way. So Did you enjoy being an administrator now?… Read More
Yeah. Other than that, some fun stuff. Volunteer divers that would be vacuuming the bottom of the 2 million gallon pool. Occasionally, if they were experienced divers and we felt confident they’re not gonna goof around with the animals, we’d let the beluga whales in with them. And the belugas… Read More
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’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
They basically look at something like, Hey, what’s this for?… 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
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
She goes, who do I talk to at the aquarium?… 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
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
What were the limitations and demands?… Read More
Can you tell us about unions and how they affected the Aquarium’s development running of it?… 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
But the, the amount I learned was overwhelming and it was just so rewarding. Read More