The animals I get to pet and the ones that pet me.

      Yesterday was one of the best days at the zoo. Normally Joe doesnt let me close with him so yesterday was my lucky day. Joe went home early so Emily the relief keeper was closing his area. So I got to help her.

       Darrel wanted me and he was taking care of area one which is african birds and the penguins, but then Emily came in and wanted my help too. Now here is the thing. It is excellent to be wanted and to be praised for being a hard worker but that means that they want you for the crappiest jobs they dont want to do themselves, because they trust you to get it done right and to be left alone while doing it. If you are roped into these jobs it almost definitely means no contact with animals.

      Each keeper is different in what they will and wont ask you to do. Emily bless her heart wont normally ask me to scoop poop. I got to feed the Tiger -Silney, Play and wrestle with the Cerval kitten - Buhati, feed the scary Lions, again get a shower of spit from the bears, gathering giant Rhea eggs, and best of all pet the Snow leopard baby - Surani. I also got to pet her snarling mother but Surani was the sweetest.

So a list of all the animals I have had interaction with would be Red Pandas, Guanacos, Rheas, Red crown crane, Ibis, duiker, All the African birds, the hymilian Squirrels or something, Cavys, Tinamus, Otters, stinkin monkeys, Lemurs, Penguins, Tortoises, Asian Sloth Bears, Zebras, Emus, Wallabies, Goats, Camels, Yaks, Donkeys, Alpaca, Pelicans, Coatis, Lions, Tigers, Snow leopards, and cervals. Almost every animal at the zoo pretty much.

I hate monkeys. The other day I was in the Primate building cleaning their toys when aaron let one of the gibbons in. She was going back in forth in her cage and while I was putting the toys away she grabbed for me. Aaron yelled at her and I dodged her luckily, My first day in training one of the keepers was telling us that one of the gibbons grabbed her hair and yanked her into the bars. I am really glad I got to miss out on that experience.

I have so much to say and yet so little time to type it out. Keep reading I promise I will get all of my stories up eventually. Sorry if you think they are boring. but then again you dont have to read.