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
If you’re a seal or sea lion, would you be hanging around this area with all these killer whales here?… 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
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
I said, well, that was the intent of the trip, but also consider they’re a top predator. Read More
And people are like, what, what, what?… 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
And she said, Hey, do I want to come along and be the naturalist?… 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
It’s like, it takes a lot of food for an animal that’s 10,000 pounds or whatever. So if you have the resources, if you’re able to allocate the, the staff, I would say go for it. There’s precious few people that would even entertain the idea. But I think the… Read More
And if so, what were they trying to teach people?… Read More
Yes, unique animal, tremendously popular. They are a such a large animal that unless you’re able to provide them a really large exhibit would probably be best left away from our collections. What’s too large, what’s too small is up to anybody’s opinion. I guess. Again, there’s USDA regulations that… Read More
Can you, can you talk about your views regarding the hot topic of aquariums maintaining killer whales in their collections?… Read More
There are people that have never been to the ocean, period. I’ve read of people that live in the city that have never seen Lake Michigan, which I can’t believe, but it’s a, it’s getting to know the animals. Excuse me. Read More
How many people will get to see a beluga whale in the wild or a killer whale in the wild?… Read More
Again, in my field work, I’ve had tremendous exposure to animals in the wild, including killer whales several times. And it’s just, it takes your breath away. One time we were out on Monterey Bay and we came across the sperm whale, and I’m with, I’m brand new to the… Read More
And by and large we felt yes. You know, if we’re following government mandates as far as the size and the water quality and everything size of the exhibitry, it’s okay. There’s a lot of people that just become endeared to these animals. And it could be fish as well. Read More