And that’s what got Hy and I on that track to begin with. So the creatures that came into the zoo and unfortunately perished not too long after, and we didn’t have the protocols in terms of screening for infections and diseases, et cetera that’s commonplace now, although we had… Read More
When you first came to the zoo, what kind of physical plant did you find?… Read More
So we published a paper essentially bringing those, what were considered two separate families under an even larger umbrella of the viperine. But that was a singularly interesting piece of work. And by the way, I checked all of the dissecting work that Carl did on Saturdays and I was… Read More
Well, clearly the investigations on the reproductive behavior of the amphibians, the Hymenochirus and other Pipid frogs, I mean, that was revelatory at the time and extended far beyond what was in G.K. Noble, and so on, beforehand. So that stimulated a lot of people. And in terms of investigations… Read More
An it didn’t conform to any normal habits of the creatures, either burrowing, or climbing, or whatever. I mean, it did all sorts of things in its enclosure, which wasn’t overly furnished in terms of apparatus like tree branches and so on. But at any rate, this colorful creature died,… Read More
And people often, unless it’s 2009 or 2010, they don’t pay attention, but there are seminal works of that sort. And in my article in Zoological Garden about the talk I gave on the 80th anniversary, I did illustrate the people that he’d affected outside of the zoo field. Read More
Now when you talk about, we’re talking about Hediger a bit, but what would you say were some of, in research, some of your major accomplishments at the zoo?… Read More
Yeah. That his major publications that zoo people hopefully will continue to read. Well, indeed, I hope, Hediger is still an inspiration in terms of the diversity of interest that he exhibited in respect to animal behavior. And he, not only inspired people in terms of further studies in animal… Read More
I’m sorry?… Read More
Can you mention Hediger’s works?… Read More
For the record, can you mention his works?… Read More
Were you able to expand internationally with people in Europe that were doing research?… Read More
In terms of international endeavors and linkages, et cetera, there were really, really this country, in terms of zoos and aquariums, was hardly in the game compared to the established tradition in Europe. But early on, remarkably enough, I made the acquaintance on one of their visits was the Hedigers. Read More
But as a result of my editing Copeia for several years and other work with the herpetological community, I became president of the American Society of Ichthyology and Herpetology, So that, again, gave additional exposure in terms of both the international field, because it was the principal journal in the… Read More
In terms of relationships nationally and internationally, and in respect to research, it was largely in regard to animal behavior. I was quite active in getting the animal behavior effort going in this country. And indeed one of my students whom I was co-chair on her committee, Anne Clark, who… Read More
I mean, I continued my herpetological involvement by being the editor of Copeia, the main journal in the herpetological field, the main professional journal. And I got into that because of my friend Bob Inger at the Field Museum. He was editor of Copeia and he took off for the… Read More
George, what type of relationships were you able to develop in the research field when you were at the zoo, both nationally and internationally?… Read More
In terms of where I thought it might be, the program that I might foster might go clearly, I saw more than one challenge in terms of the future. And For instance, one of the things I appreciated early on is that there wasn’t a formal education program at Brookfield. Read More
And it happened that with our, so to speak, accidental discovery of the complex mating ritual of the Surinam toad, that I got into studying the behavior of those creatures, the reproductive behavior. But at the same time, because of the interest of people at the University of Chicago, I… Read More
Did you have a thought process of where you wanted to take this?… Read More