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I wish to have the confidence of a child running up to the bobwhite quail exhibit exclaiming “puffins!”

#I love when people confidently misidentify animals #it's funnier when its an adult #it a donkey! they say (it was a goat)

Why pay to go caving when you can squeeze under the exhibits and meet Roach God for free?

#I'm the only keeper small enough to fit under there #I MacGyvered a hazmat suit #because of the roaches #and dust

*Names myself TemporaryZookeeper because I was “just doing this as a temporary job, but I don’t think I can do it forever.”*

HAhahahahah

#guess who is changing majors #couldntbeme #zookeeper #zookeeping

Shoutout to the middle school girl at work today who complimented me on my red-framed glasses, let me know she’s bad with names (I told her I am too) and then asked me about zookeeping. I may have forgotten your name but I’ll always remember your enthusiasm about my work! And that you closed the conversation by complimenting my glasses again.

#not all kids are bad #honestly most of them are pretty cool #but the ones who scream a lot are more noticeable

Animals I've walked on a leash that shouldn't normally be on a leash: -An opossum -A turkey

#opossum #turkey #zookeeper

Zoo visitor seeing a zookeeper carrying a bottle of gatorade and Bojangles: "Are you feeding the animals?"

#sometimes it's a joke #but a lot of the time it is not #no our animals don't eat bojangles and gatorade for lunch #zookeepers do though #zookeeping #zookeeper

Zoo visitors: "Is the snapping turtle dead?

No, he's just an ambush predator so he doesn't move much.

Zoo visitors: "Ah, so he's fake."

#why does everyone think he's dead #zookeeping #zookeeper

PSA

Please don't tap on the glass, it scares the animals and messes with their sleep cycles. Seriously, even what sounds like a gentle tap from your side of the glass can be very, loud from inside the enclosure. Trust me, I hear it all day. If you don't believe me, put your head in a bucket and tap on the sides gently.

#animals #zoo #zookeeping #zookeeper

Despite being what keeps us open, zoo visitors are actually the worst

#don't tap on the glass #please #zookeeper #zookeeping

Zoo animals just do anything in public huh

#inspired by our alpaca peeing in front of a group of school kids #for like a really long time

Sometimes I see a visitor doing something dumb and I just want to go feral. Absolutely tear into them like a hungry tortoise tears into a bowl of vegetables.

#zookeeper #zoo #zookeeping

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