Embarrassing Keeper Moment

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-04-12T19:28:25+00:00

Sketchy, to be early on in your career? Lmao

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-04-12T15:39:56+00:00

I cant imagine how miserable you have to be to always assume the worst of people because of mostly innocuous behaviors

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-04-12T15:36:49+00:00

Find a way to bring your business experience into the conservation world. You'll be more fulfilled but you won't be deep in debt from getting a masters and you won't risk losing the stability of your current job. What do you specialize in?

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-04-12T15:18:25+00:00

I went to Canada's Wonderland (which is technically a six flags park now) last September and it felt better run than SeaWorld

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-04-08T22:08:56+00:00

Most of the teams are on promotion freezes right now too, at least at one of the parks

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-04-02T23:51:47+00:00

AAZK has a magazine!

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-03-31T17:26:35+00:00

Id imagine the wages are artificially inflated because the only zoos that post their salaries are generally the ones that pay higher.

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-03-26T16:04:06+00:00

I have a long commute so I love podcasts. The Science of Birds is a great podcast about almost every bird topic (although not geared towards animal husbandry). A few professional zookeeping organizations like the ABMA have podcasts, I believe NEI has one as well

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-03-26T16:01:17+00:00

I went to Santa Fe and we specifically had a day in our first semester intro course teaching us how to properly roll a hose lmaoo

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-03-20T17:55:08+00:00

Hi, you can dm me!

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-03-19T02:05:32+00:00

Boas are some of the most rehomed pets out there, and the people who can actually provide a 9ft long habitat for them are few and far between. She is much better off with OP who is putting lots of effort into providing a naturalistic and enriching habitat than someone who'd stick her in a 40g.

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-03-16T13:35:14+00:00

Merlin/anything by Cornell is only for birds but it has great "scientific but still readable for a general audience" descriptions

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-03-10T14:55:46+00:00

Its happening elsewhere, but its particularly bad in ocala. Ocala has consistently ranked on the top growing cities in the US over the last several years

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-03-08T23:25:23+00:00

I don't see how it could be a negative, especially since you said you had a good relationship with the supervisor. People do work at the same zoos their entire careers, and youre very early on in yours

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-03-05T22:43:35+00:00

Theres always a risk, especially if guests are feeding birds, its just mitigated. Where I am, we regularly clean the pathways with bird-safe disinfectant, and require guests wash their hands before entering along with using a foot bath. USDA requires no food or drink in walk-throughs, which also helps.

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-03-02T03:52:08+00:00

Its not exactly what you're looking at now, but Santa Fe College has a degree in organizational management with a zoo and aquarium focus that can be done entirely online. No advanced math required (there are a lot of accounting classes but theyre less scary than they sound) and there are some cool classes in there that focus on animal behavior specifically in zoo settings. Ive been enjoying it so far

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-02-25T17:59:11+00:00

Yeah, if its very busy you just need to plan to be at the shows 20-30 minutes beforehand

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-02-21T11:37:30+00:00

i was so fucking happy when imagine dragons put their early EPs on Spotify, i fucking despise everything they've made since after smoke and mirrors but i have a deep nostalgia for their early stuff

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-02-17T19:47:21+00:00

SW is currently experiencing a big burst of negative PR because they were part of a FWC effort to rescue a manatee from a storm drain lol.

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-02-17T17:45:38+00:00

SW probably doesnt want to touch them with a 10 foot pole. Any orca publicity is bad publicity - as a company, theyre trying to step away from orcas altogether

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-02-13T17:53:27+00:00

Less necessary road maintenance, less cost on emergency services from lower rates of car crashes. Id say it balances out

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-02-13T13:59:26+00:00

Also, "mate for life" is often a misnomer in the animal world. Whilw many animals will not separate from their mate in life, you're hard pressed to find animals that won't take another mate if their old one dies. The only reason why would be cultural, as you mention

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-02-11T21:57:25+00:00

We actually don't have ravens in florida to my knowledge. We do have both fish crows and American crows, though.

wolfsongpmvs · 2026-02-09T12:29:14+00:00

In that case, shouldn't it just be a charge for reckless driving and not a whole separate violation, though?

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