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
Here at the park?… Read More
I mean, we’re kind of digressing a bit, but I haven’t been here. Read More
Do they have these giant expanses of acrylic?… Read More
I think aquariums are very popular right now around the world, mainly because they’re building such beautiful, huge aquariums themselves, and unique. The technology with acrylic and life support systems, for you to walk up and see whale sharks in this huge, huge amount of water is just mindboggling. Because… Read More
Would you say this technology of this acrylic where you have these gigantic expanses of glass, I’ll say glass, but acrylic, has made a major impact?… Read More
I think it has, absolutely, because you’re really seeing a huge amount of the ocean and multiple species of fish, multiple specimens, schooling fish and bottom fish. And, you know, it shows you the look that you could get if you were an experienced scuba diver in the right place… Read More
Does SeaWorld have that?… Read More
Actually, I think that’s probably one of our strongest fortes is the education and the outreach and the children’s camps and all of the programs where people come to realize the truth. Again, you go back to that story of my friend giving me a haircut and the “Blackfish” discussion. Read More
Don’t make up their mind for them because I don’t think that’s fair to them.” Are aquariums worldwide more popular today?… Read More
And if in your opinion they are, why?… Read More
It certainly could. It could, sure. I mean, you think about, in the state of California right now, it’s illegal to breed the orcas. Maybe it’s illegal to breed dolphins in all the states. The dangers are the local, the state, and the federal governments are all prone to be… Read More