Oh yes, absolutely. Abs abso positivity. It definitely, they go, that’s really amazing that we got to experience in the wild. But it’s also amazing that the Lincoln Children’s Zoo is making that commitment as well to help save species. Absolutely. You know, you, you know, when you’re in the… Read More
I think it’s really important, to be honest with you. You know, some people would, would, would criticize that, oh yeah, you’re going over there and you know, you’re disturbing them in their natural habitat. Well, as we discussed earlier, Serengeti Masai Mara, they are big zoos. They are big… Read More
They’ll, they’ll work at, at the breeding center there for the, for the tortoises. They’ll go on an island and help wipe out invasive plant material on islands. Okay. The Galapagos Islands that they’re trying to get back to the natural habitat. So we’ve taken youth to, and we’ve taken… Read More
And did that tourism or you taking people to Africa ever work out that people appreciated the zoo more and wanted to give money?… Read More
It doesn’t have to be a gorilla, you know, right there, it can be a little bit of everything. ’cause that Oh wow. Experience You have taken in your career a number of trips to Africa with people. Read More
How important do you think tourism in Africa, per se, is to protecting species long term?… Read More
We as adults have higher expectations of Oh wow. Because we see too many stupid movies. Okay. And we need to be impacted right away. Children have a whole different perspective of Oh wow. Even though they’re very connected electronically. You give us some great experiences at the children at… Read More
And you can climb up just like the spider monkeys 20 feet up in the air Okay. And be nose to nose with the spider monkey. ’cause the spider monkeys very interested in you and is just absolutely wonderful. So you’re climbing up, they’re climbing up. Okay. That’s, oh wow. Read More
And, you know, if we bring out an animal on, on the stage and show them how the serv could jump 10 feet in the air and hit the feathers that we have dangling about it going, oh wow, okay. It’s, it’s not out in its habitat. They’re just seeing… Read More
And that’s one thing you’ll see at the Lincoln Children Zoo. We didn’t build the big gunite walls of Yes, we, we have, we have utilized a little bit of it, but the wow is, look at that animal. My gosh. When you’re standing on, when you’re standing 10 feet… Read More
How when you were building exhibits, how did you try and achieve a wow impact when you were looking at exhibit design?… Read More
It’s just, and so they asked the keepers different things. They learn different things about, you know, the seven neck bones, the same number of neck bones you and I have a giraffe has. But those neck bones are a little bit different. They can rotate a little bit differently. Read More
How does the blood get up to its brain? You know?… Read More
’cause they, why is that? Gee, how’s an animal that long?… Read More
You know, they, they’ve got the bulls going up and down in their throat, you know?… Read More
You’re watching, you know, gosh, they’re just like a cow. Read More
They come in and help pick up manure, you know, help observe the animals. I mean, you know, we have students who go and observe their primates and, and record behavior as, you know, part of their, their, their classwork at school. And, and so that gives them a whole… Read More
And some of the, you know, students actually go with the keepers and learn. And so while what they’re doing, some of them help take care of the animals. Some are work with our horticultures to learn about, about plant care and plant management, you know, as well. Some work… Read More
Some pluses and minuses in your opinion about when you pay to be a keeper for a day keeper, that kind of experience. Read More
Did the Lincoln Children’s Zoo do any of that kind of thing? What’s your opinion?… Read More