Pics from Work

[Hedorah99]

Here are some pics from the Beardsley Zoo. I got to cover in the rainforest building this weekend which was a blast.

White Bellied caiques. Don't let their cute appearance fool you. These birds were birthed from Lucifer himself!

Pale Faced Saki Monkeys

Black and Gold Howler Monkeys enjoying some corn on the cob

Two Toed Sloth

 

[crpy]

Tell me about it, I had a KAA EEk (that what you yell when they bite)almost take my knuckle off, nice pics.

 

[Hedorah99]

Tell me about it, I had a KAA EEk (that what you yell when they bite)almost take my knuckle off, nice pics.

They are horrible. I have vowed vengeance on these things like I was a one legged Massachusetts whaling captain.

The funny thing is they didn't mind me when I was on the maintenance dept. The minute I got hired to Animal Care, they began to loathe me.

 

[harveythefly]

sloths are so unbelieveably awesome...my cousins work at the Audubon Zoo here in New Orleans so i get the skinny on all the fun stuff that goes on behind the scenes...we don't have any two toed sloths but we have a couple of three toed...one named Noel and one whose name escapes me at the moment...Noel's favorite thing in the world is her plastic milk crate...if they have to take her out of the enclosure for anything she gets really crabby if they don't let her take her milk crate lol...apparently her favorite past time is sitting inside the crate and waiting in ambush for one of the keepers to walk by and then snaking out one of those long skinny arms and grabing them by the cuff of the pants in an attempt to knock them down lol...

i just think it's neat how smart they are

Harvey

 

[halfwaynowhere]

Aw! The sloth pics are adorable! I want one now, lol!

The only white bellied caique I've met was a total sweetheart...

 

[Hedorah99]

Spending some time with some Golden Lion Tamarins


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[calum]

awwww, he's cute.


I take it you work at some kind of zoo or wildlife park?

I know you probaly get that all the time.

 

[Mushroom Spore]

I was about to post to the effect of "holy expletive those are some cute evil birds" when I got blindsided by that last adorable sloth photo.

No one expects the sloth!

 

[Bedlam]

That looks like a blast! Must be some good times at work.
My work shirt actually says "Zookeeper" on it....but I'm a bouncer at a club. The name still fits quite well but I'm sure it isn't nearly as fun.

 

[Hedorah99]

Yup. I am a zookeeper at a local zoo in CT. These two tamarins were kicked out of the group so they are in a holding room until we can find a home for them. They get spoiled though to make sure they are mentally and physically stimulated while in there.

 

[hardlucktattoo]

I dunno the bird on the bottom in the first pic looks like it is calculating your slow demise very evil indeed:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

 

[UrbanJungles]

No one expects the sloth!

I think thousands of Sloth attack victims in South America couldn't agree with you more. Use a backup keeper with 'em Hedorah...they have a vicious silent jump attack.

:liar:

 

[Hedorah99]

I have actually always been amazed at how fast they can move when they truly want to.

 

[Hedorah99]

Pygmy Marmosets getting enriched
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Golden Lion Tamarins getting some bugs too...
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[Meaningless End]

thats awsome man.. you have my dream job... i would love to be a keeper. did you have to go to school at all to get your keeping position?

 

[Hedorah99]

thats awsome man.. you have my dream job... i would love to be a keeper. did you have to go to school at all to get your keeping position?

Most zoos require some background in biology. I was actually Pre-Med. But I started out at the zoo cleaning bathrooms and worked my way up.

 

[Hedorah99]

February means its time to de-worm our North American Porcupine

 

[Boanerges]

That's awsome you get to work with all those animals!!! Shows you got a good heart :clap: Thanks for sharing the pics

 

[Nightmares]

Thats pretty sweeeet

 

[Beardo]

That porcupine looks like a real PRICK!

lol....sorry, had to.