But they can also see, again, I think they should be able to see it in the context of the live animal woofing, making noise, vocalizing, swimming, eating, so you can connect it, again, to be, “This is real. This is what happens. Read More
This is part of their life too, but I can’t see this right now.” From your philosophical hat, what issues would you like to see the AZA, IMATA, the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums be addressing now?… Read More
Is anybody doing that where you bring the wild, just what you’re saying, to them?… Read More
Or is that something that has not been explored in this manner?… Read More
No, it’s been explored. I think it’s being done in a few places. And I think and I think it’s a good thing to have. I think having a webcam on a pending birth is a good thing to have, because people are never gonna see it. I mean, watching… Read More
You’ll see a miniature walrus come out, except for the tusks. I mean, it’s uncanny. And the thing weighs 100 pounds. Read More
Just because you mentioned that, do you see, I don’t know if SeaWorld does it, (indistinct) place for now around the world there are these webcams where I can see walruses in the wild?… Read More
Does that have a place?… Read More
Have you heard of any exhibitry?… Read More
What do you think about global warming?… Read More
What do you think about the CITES, this Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species?… Read More
And CITES, what’s that?” You tell them what it means, what is it for. We need to find a way to put more of nature into people’s experience. I’m not sure if I have a good answer for it though. Well my follow up was how. Yeah, yeah. But I’m… Read More
What about improving the connections with a unique audience like teenagers to heighten their zeal and awareness of the natural world?… Read More
Boy, that’s a challenge. Their interests are so varied and most of it is all in technology. I was sitting at the airport the other day and I counted, of the 50 or 60 people in my eyesight that I could sort of see, 59 of the 60 were like… Read More
I’m not very good at understanding the younger generation as I should. And then you sort of take that moment where you think, “Well, when you were younger, what did you do?” “Well, I did a whole lot of different things because I didn’t have a iPhone. I had a… Read More
And I think having, like this youth advisory group, sitting down with them and saying, “Well, what do you think about conservation?… Read More
Absolutely, not as big as some of the newer ones though. Read More
What can be done to make the visitor connection programs more meaningful?… Read More
I think that meaningful interaction comes from, and I don’t know how you would do it, but I think it comes from like smaller groups, one-on-ones and two-on-twos or one-on-fives and one-on-sixes. I think someone like Kayla, a beautiful person could come up to a group of people and say,… Read More
SeaWorld has many aquariums that are like that, yeah. Read More