So this sloth, if I may, we had a sloth and it was gonna go on a certain part of the exhibit and we were having a hard time adjusting the humidity and temperature because it was open to the gallery. The windows only came up partially and we just… Read More
I said, it’s okay, it’s okay. And I said, you know what?… Read More
But the cool thing was being able to show so many different terrestrial animals that you wouldn’t expect to see it in aquarium. For sure. And I remember some of the classics were, we had bullet ants, a good story about a sloth I’ll share with you. But it was… Read More
How do you live in that environment?… Read More
How the heck do you live if the water comes up into the forest and goes for miles into the forest?… Read More
I think you identified it. It’s a trend that those of us that have dealt with the animal collections realize that, you know, these fish don’t live in a vacuum. There’s other animals, terrestrial or aquatic that we’re not showing. And maybe we need to enlarge the exhibit and create… Read More
Why is this trend popular? What’s the point?… Read More
Yes. And birds. Why has this happened?… Read More
So he is like, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. So I’d seen killer whales, certainly at SeaWorld and other places. But seeing them in that, that numerous, that, that many was just fantastic. And in the wild, the Robson bite area by the way, is they was observed that the whales… Read More
If you’re a seal or sea lion, would you be hanging around this area with all these killer whales here?… Read More
I said, well, that was the intent of the trip, but also consider they’re a top predator. Read More
I had a photographer come up to me and goes, are we gonna see anything besides killer whales?… Read More
I’m like, oh my God, I’d love it. So we took a group up there of photographers and it’s, there’s an area called Robson bite, which is noted for the presence of killer whales. There were so many, I mean all sizes. I, I remember buying a long lens in… 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
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
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
Did the Shedd have a travel program?… Read More
And if so, what were they trying to teach people?… Read More