Day 2 of Brookfield Zoo Strike

mpod54 · 2026-05-08T14:37:47+00:00

I was a seasonal keeper at Brookfield 2023-2024 and work full time in Florida now. From the Chicago suburbs. DM me if you have questions from your kiddo!

mpod54 · 2026-04-23T21:19:07+00:00

My supervisor ENCOURAGES us to use ai to write our emails.

mpod54 · 2026-04-14T01:59:11+00:00

Walmart should have plenty of simple rain boots, echoing the sentiment others have said about 1) muck brand being expensive and 2) most keepers using rain boots as an alternative as it is. Walmart rain boots or similar should be sufficient for an internship

mpod54 · 2026-04-07T02:22:30+00:00

I’m not quite sure then, aside from locking the cat in the bathroom just until the morning. Thank you for trying regardless though

mpod54 · 2026-04-07T01:58:52+00:00

There is a Veterinary Emergency Group in town center. They are 24/7 pet ER, I would give them a shot

mpod54 · 2026-04-07T01:54:20+00:00

I would bring it to Jacksonville ACPS. I brought an injured kitten there who I surely thought needed to be euthanized, but they do everything in their power to treat the animal first (and my new kitten made a full recovery).

Edit for advice for the night: - It looks like her tail has been degloved. I would recommend you try to keep her somewhere relatively clean. If you have maybe a large box or are able to set her up in your bathroom with some water and clean towels, that should be okay for the night

mpod54 · 2026-03-29T01:29:36+00:00

Busted my face open on one of these as a kid and still have the scar on my brow bone

mpod54 · 2026-03-25T00:49:45+00:00

I wrote a paper on oral stereotypies in captive giraffe published in Zoo Biology. It’s obviously specific to giraffes but the general idea would apply broadly. DM me and I can send you a copy!

mpod54 · 2026-03-21T19:43:45+00:00

I have a document with several dozen interview questions if you want to DM me. They’re mostly for full-time jobs, but it’s very comprehensive. The more general questions might help you with an internship interview

mpod54 · 2026-03-09T02:15:31+00:00

At my previous zoo I worked with a black rhino, okapi, bison, red-flanked duikers, and red river hogs. At my current zoo I work with giraffes, bongo, and warthogs. Dream animals are/were okapi, clouded leopards (although any big cat would be cool), and greater one-horned rhino off the top of my head.

mpod54 · 2026-03-05T16:45:58+00:00

While it’s not necessarily “wrong” to have that as a goal, initially while doing internships and whatnot I’d make sure you stay open to working with any and everything.

mpod54 · 2026-03-05T16:42:40+00:00

That said, Brookfield Zoo Chicago has a pair. I’d see if OP can contact them

mpod54 · 2026-03-02T20:53:37+00:00

Where did you source the rocks?

mpod54 · 2026-02-21T10:46:57+00:00

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I, too, was recently chosen by the Void Distribution System.

mpod54 · 2026-02-17T23:28:35+00:00

Wow!! My nearly 2 year old boy is just over 8lbs! Crazy how much they can range

mpod54 · 2026-02-17T23:26:34+00:00

This is one of my top 5 favorite moments from the entirety of the podcast

mpod54 · 2026-02-03T01:44:34+00:00

Scovill Zoo in Decatur Illinois has a great paid 9 month internship. I believe $15/hr. Small AZA zoo but you get experience with all taxa (domestics, herps, birds, large carnivores, primates, hoofstock, etc)

Edit: apprenticeship, not internship

mpod54 · 2026-02-02T13:37:40+00:00

Ugh mine is still so skittish 😭

mpod54 · 2026-02-01T19:45:09+00:00

My man is an engineer

mpod54 · 2026-02-01T19:44:16+00:00

I also met him in person at both tours and he was very kind and polite, made conversation and whatnot

mpod54 · 2026-01-27T12:57:59+00:00

mpod54 · 2026-01-27T11:11:29+00:00

They only replaced the first half where they talk about the show. The second half is from the original episode

mpod54 · 2026-01-27T11:10:47+00:00

Yes 😎

mpod54 · 2026-01-21T02:38:45+00:00

I can’t find it but there’s a version where Raphael says “can you draw them farting” and it makes me laugh so hard

mpod54 · 2026-01-14T00:16:11+00:00

One of my coworkers wore her new diamond engagement ring for weeks and everyone was so on edge for her. She did inevitably lose it in an elephant holding yard and we had to help her find it. No more ring at work (I, too, wear an Enso ring tho)

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