When I started in the zoo profession, it was a different world. Getting animals for a zoo was not a problem, not a necessary skillset. Knowing something about the global situation of wild animals was really not part of the skillset. If you’re going to be a zoo director in… Read More
Somebody who doesn’t, I don’t take shit off of anybody, and I don’t think I ever did. And I survived. I want to be remembered as somebody who took over a weak institution and I helped build it into something that’s world-class and was gonna be remembered. That’s the greatest… Read More
What do I know about the profession. I’ll comment on the people I know, I think zoos and aquariums have got a cadre of the most dedicated people in any professional. Well, you know, doctors are dedicated and so forth, but outside of the medical profession, I think we just… Read More
I don’t think you see that kind of dedication and even let’s say medical professional help me. I don’t know how many doctors I see crying over a lost patient. How do you wanna be remembered. Read More
As a crusty old man?… Read More
Do you want me to describe the style of architecture?… Read More
I think today, more than ever, aquariums are being designed for form follows function. And I know I’ve said that before about Shedd Aquarium, but to look at Shedd’s exterior appearance, you wouldn’t think it was designed like that, but it was. Today, I think more and more aquariums and… Read More
What do you know about the profession that you’ve devoted so many years of your life to?… Read More
What do you know if someone else asks you?… Read More
The aquarium has in the past had temporary exhibits such as this seahorses and frogs, is that something that has had a big impact on the public, and will continue to be a direction that aquariums will wanna take?… Read More
Oh sure, there was an example of something non-aquatic in that special exhibit where we had the big monster from Komodo dragon. We exhibited that. Sure it’s a reptile, and we’ve had other reptiles on exhibit, but that probably was sort of the farthest from what you would consider to… Read More
What should I take for… Well, good battery. Read More
Well, I don’t know what to think. It’s just a big aquarium tank. They had can exhibit bigger fish, but it doesn’t mean to my way of thinking that it’s a better exhibit, except they can show a whale shark, they can show a manta ray, but that’s been a… Read More
But you can show a Paddlefish, and it eats small stuff too, and probably the difference in size, paddlefish is skipping a couple of levels in the food chain by eating daphnia and other stuff. The whale shark is skipping a couple of animals in the food chain by eating… Read More
In what way did the public’s attitude or their behavior change over the years?… Read More
I think the public today are getting more out of their exhibit. And by more, I believe what they retain after they leave the aquarium. And I think the reason for that is the information we’re providing them and how we’re providing that information. So it sticks in their mind… Read More
What do you think about the huge mammoth tanks for sharks and manta rays?… Read More
I think because of the diversity of their exhibits, from the way the animals are exhibited, their personnel, particularly the directors of these aquariums, and the same goes for the Asian exhibits. Outside of Japan, I am not acquainted with any Chinese aquariums, but the ones in Japan, I think… Read More
In what ways did the public’s attitude and behavior change over the years?… Read More
How did the public’s behavior or attitude change?… Read More