I found it surprising that zoo ostriches _don't_ like humans, since there's load of stories on the web how ostriches apparently find humans _sexy_ and constantly try to perform mating dances at them.
@@Flying_Raccoon-b7u Used to take car of a Moray Eel named Cheese, Smart little guy, almost managed to escape his holding aquarium while We were cleaning his tank.
I did an internship at my local zoo about 20 years ago. My naive ass really thought my job was cuddling, playing with, and feeding animals all day. My first week consisted of prepping food for small monkeys, all of which react very poorly to strangers, so I wasn't even allowed into the enclosures - my only hope spot was tapir treatment, which meant giving them very long belly rubs to alleviate their anxieties over the capybaras bullying them. On my second week, I got moved to the raptors. I got bit by a kea on my first day because he knew I had an egg, and on my fourth day, I watched as the keeper killed live bunnies by slamming their necks on a table and stuffing them with medicine for the vultures. The reality check had me reeling, and one of the younger keepers told me that part of their curriculum consist of learning and memorizing all animals by their latin names. I was lucky to not get assigned for cleaning duty at the giraffes, which everyone agreed had the most vile poop of the entire zoo. I respect the hell out of zookeepers specifically because I've caught a glimpse of what kind of effort goes into their everyday job routine.
@@JeremyDelancy capybaras can be pretty chill... unless you're another capybara or in their territory. ben from urban rescue ranch had to separate his capys because one of the males tore chunks of flesh out of the other's face.
@@JeremyDelancy Media manipulation. They're chill until they aren't, a lot of us are only shown the chill side. They're still animals and animals can still be assholes.
@@JeremyDelancy Here we have an exhibit of someone exposed to animals only through the lense of social media. They believe that, somehow, an entire species of giant rodent, native to Central and South America among anaconda, caimen and jaguars, are only ever "chill". This specimen has abandoned logic and reason, relying entirely on hearsay and biased reports tailed to generate views. The capybara is a giant rodent, and just like every other rodent from rats to rabbits, has kick and hunger and a massive bite. -(read in your favorite narrator's voice)
@@MeadowsMiniFarm I learned about a lactose intolerant squirrel that exists. Would have died if the rehabber didn’t realize what the problem was. Usually, those animals would just die due to natural selection so we never tend to get a glimpse of stuff like this until animals are brought into captivity. Its interesting to think of how many animals pass without anyone ever knowing they had a negative reaction to their own diet.
Just goes to show what kind of animals "survival of the fittest" creates. Some of the most dangerous animals on the planet belong to the herbivores, and very few animals won't go for meat if they're hungry.
I visited a Big cat sanctuary and keepers said the lions would have at least one roar off a day. There neighbors who were a few miles away could hear it when they really get going.
Our zoo’s lion enclosure is by the playground, so the male Lion Kaloo roared a lot, getting adults and kids to run over to see him, standing at the edge of his grotto…..and then he immediately walked back to by the door to his indoor enclosure 😂
I work at the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, and after 50 years, we’ve only had one animal escape: a gorilla. Allegedly, the night before there was a big storm. This resulted in a piece of bamboo being knocked down and falling on top of the enclosure. Yes. A giant gorilla used a single piece of bamboo to climb up and out of his enclosure, using it as a walkway. Once out, he reportedly wandered around for a little while before climbing right back into the enclosure, having satisfied his curiosity.
Heard it happen once. My younger brother was real little and decided to pound his chest, prompting one of the silver packs to run past pounding his own chest in return. It took a solid two or three years for me to realize the zoo didn't just have someone waiting to play that sound if one of the gorillas did that.
I have to wonder if he even needed to. Like, usually animals of the same species are kept close to each other. Wouldn't surprise me at all if the escaping part was jut Ken Allen flexing on Otis.
Zookeepers are definitely taken advantage of. It feels criminal to pay such a dangerous job such a low rate. If you are in contact with wild creatures that could kill you by accidentally stepping on you or one that could tears your limbs off with little effort, there's gotta be a higher rate just for the danger of it.
@@lukeandrew3335 Yes but a lot of people are also very quick to quit when the fantasy is shattered. It's the same thing with my job at a dog daycare/ grooming/training facility. A lot of people try to get in the door thinking it's an easy dream job only to realize it's way harder, more involved and less glamorous than they imagined, usually quitting in their first month. It takes so much more than loving dogs or animals in general to actually survive these jobs and the pay given is laughable. Long rant shortened, it doesn't matter that a lot of people are applying if a lot of people are also leaving. It costs more to train new employees constantly than to just weed out the weak and pay the ones that can handle the job well.
I worked at a zoo for a time and I can say in my particular zoo, one of the Marabou Storks was the animal that escaped his enclosure most often. At least it seemed that way to me as every time he got out (almost weekly), he'd come and find me and rattle his bill at me before following me back to his enclosure. The only other animal that escaped to my knowledge in my time there was a two toed sloth on my first day. The trainer had forgotten to close the door to his enclosure and she refused to acknowledge that the new hires were trying to tell her that he was ever so slowly making his way out of the open door as she was talking. It was the slowest escape escape ever, but that sloth was determined.
Imagine being so stubborn about not listening to your new hires that you let a SLOTH escape! Somehow, that seems hilarious to me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Definitely relatable for anyone working in corporate too.
@@SrividyaS Everyone present got a good chuckle about it except for the trainer. The sloth was safely returned to his enclosure shortly after his daring escape and was given some extra attention and a monkey biscuit as a treat for allowing himself to be captured without a fuss.
The stork probably liked you. :P Either that, or it was like "hah, I escaped again! You suck!" but didn't actually know what to do with it's freedom after escaping.
I never think of storks as being particularly intelligent, but that story does make me wonder if that marabou saw his escaping as a game and you were part of it.
The funniest part was, they didn’t go anywhere. Just hung out in the trees just outside of their enclosure. As though the point was simply to prove they were free agents.
I worked at a British Zoo for about a year. It was in the "Catering Department", running and cooking food in the stalls, shops and restaurants but I got to know some of the keepers. The best escape artist they all agreed upon? The freaking Anteater! Apparently guests all think the Anteaters are pretty lazy since they seems to do nothing but sleep all day. But apparently Oreo and his girls are just always saving energy for the next breakout. It was such an odd pick I almost didn't believe them until he wandered into the kitchen one day.
@@alejandrojimenez144 The polar bears probably - "Hey Bert, which one do you think looks the tastiest?" "The little ones of course, that or the reaaaaally big ones. Tender. Juicy. Meaty."
Our local male is a diva, he'll only get up an play if there's a big crowd, if it's just a few people he'll literally show his butt to everyone an flop down
I remember talking to a zoo worker once who took care of dolphins. The dolphins usually do shows for the visitors several times a day. The worker told me in the pandemic the dolphins started to become really sad because no one watched them if they showed their tricks, no one reacted and applauded. So to combat that all the zoo workers regularly gathered at the usual showtimes and watched them, screaming and applauding as loud as they can. It made them very happy. Even if they still noticed the benches weren't nearly as full as usual.
Sort of related, but whenever the zoos I work/have worked at close for the season, the petting zoo goats get really clingy bc they miss all the attention lol. Goats can be very affectionate, and of course they miss getting fed by guests. When we open and they hear the kids coming down, they all excitedly run up to the entrance gate!
i always imagine going to a zoo, seeing a gorilla and remembering that smiling is a sign of aggression and instead giving a respectful bow to see how the gorilla reacts
Well anything that shows you aren't a threat like becoming smaller is generally encouraged when dealing with gorillas. So it either was amused or confused but not annoyed.@@frougee
Lol, that is exactly why my zookeeper dreams fell flat. I watched Animal Planet (especially The Crocodile Hunter) religiously and Zoo Tycoon was my favorite game. I begged my parents to let me be a "Junior Zookeeper" at our local zoo, but transportation ended up being an issue so I wasn't able to. By high school, I was like "Ah, lots of hard physical work and not a lot of money...hm..." So, I got a degree in education of course. Doh!
according to my zookeeper wife, the best way to see if an enclosure is escape-proof, is to put a baby animal in there. According to her baby animals always find the weakest link.
Tbh, human babies/toddlers also find the weakest link, cause not only they figure out how to both escape and do mischief, but also they'll do it in shortest amount of time lmao 😂
I’m a zookeeper of 12 years and a wildlife educator of 7 and I really appreciate this video for being both positive towards zoos but also honest. We’re not perfect, the field has work to do to improve animal welfare, but we’re working hard at it. Thank you for the support and sharing the information!
I've worked in wildlife nature parks, and it's all a work in progress, but the right people with the right morales In the right position, at the right time make the difference. And pressure from others morales
THANK YOU for talking about how zoos can be a great resource for conservation. I’ve been seeing an alarming increase in people making blanket statements about how all zoos are evil, ignoring the conservation efforts that many undergo as nonprofit organizations
My local zoo is AZA accredited and is participating in breeding programs to boost critically endangered species. There's a very good chance the zoo near you is, too. It's not the 1890s anymore and I'm really not sure how this discourse happened. People, read something.
nah shut them down slash funding you want healthcare thats how its done its either the poor or the animals genz doesnt go to there anyway and they will be forced to shut down soon anyway
Most ethically run zoos take in animals that wouldn't survive in the wild for one reason or another. They function like animal rescues in that respect. These animals have been around humans their entire lives and are dependent on us for their survival. It isn't as if they're out there randomly capturing wild animals to put in cages. That's what we did a century ago. We've moved past that.
A zoo can be a place saving and preserving parts of nature or a hellscape where helpless beings are tortured. That means you need a lot of evidence/facts/nuance to judge any given zoo. Blanket statements (in either direction) are easier for people to fall back on. I think we need a slogan or acronym describing what factors make for good zoos - something catchy that people could say instead.
*EXACTLY.* I literally cannot stand people who see one or two cheap and abusive zoos and just assume all zoos are actively terrible quick-buck enterainment at the animals' expense. Especially when the situation is more complex than that. A well funded and credible zoo can work wonders for animal convervation and awareness. Allowing children the opportunity see these creatures outside of a tv screen and sometimes spark a fansciation that ends up turning into a job in animal convervation later in adulthood. Zoos have played vital roles in bring back species from the brink of extinction and teaching people that some of them get wrongful hate. (Like wolves, sharks, Hyenas.) Zoos can be both good and bad, and it's time people start putting in the effort to learn the difference.
A Jaguar named Valerio at my local zoo in New Orleans busted through his steel enclosure early Saturday morning in 2018 and proceeded to act like a Jaguar, murking 9 animals before he was tranquilized . The body count was 5 alpacas ,3 foxes ,and 1 emu .
Joke's on the Canadians, I know a zoo that has moose and even a moose lodge from where you can watch them. They got some good space with some separated enclosures for male and female. Last I heard, they're doing alright and I think I remember even seeing a young moose several years ago, when I was visiting everytime we were at my grandma's. It's the Sababurg zoo in Solling, germany. I still love that zoo, it's huge, has history and quite a variety of animals. Also, the raccoons broke out into the garbage bins so often that the zoo just turned the little area into part of the raccoon enclosure xD
I’ll always maintain, elephants are the most elegant and respectful animals. Treat them nice and they will return. If you’re assholes, you boutta get stomped.
No matter how respectful u r to one tho, a male elephant in any period of musth is super dangerous. For several months they get so sexually agitated and aggressive that nothing, absolutely nothing, is safe. They become stinky, horny aggressive freight trains that lose control and go off the rails. Other than that tho they seem to be pretty chill giants as long as ur being cool towards them.
@@dummbobqqqqqin America at least, many zoo animals nowadays r either born in captivity or rescued and r animal embassadors who can't be released into the wild for either physical or medical reasons or the fact they wouldn't be able to care for themselves. Unfortunately zoos r necessary as well for conservation as humans tend to care more about something when they r able to see it or interact with it though an experience. It's just the way our brains r hardwired. Most zoo animals, not all but most, would have no shot at survival if they were released unfortunately
Ex-zookeeper here: worked 10 years in a small but exotic zoo. From that 7 years as a keeper and youth program teacher. Worked with small and mid sized mammals. From lemurs to mandrills. What you heard were true. We are not in it for the money, fame or prestige. We are over-qualified and underpaid. But we are in it because we like it, or we know how to do it. Because let me tell you, it is EASY to do it wrong. Worked together some miserable people. Zoos are great, if managed right, they can make difference and show you a good time. Toss a coin for them and when you see a keeper who might not be a seal or orca trainer with their own show, just say them a howdy. They will appreciate it. Love the channel. Keep up the good work!
That was the issue when I was looking into Zookeeping as a career path. It seems like the underpaid aspect is really exploitative and built on how Zookeeping is a very much passion-job. It's something where people are more willing to take a low pay because animal handling is something people get really really invested in. I decided to go with Ecology instead because it functions similarly, as a means of preserving studying & hopefully refreshing the environment in a way where I'm not getting screwed over. Hopefully that changes in the future and Zookeepers can get themselves out of the bind their positions have been in for so long. It really isn't fair.
My sister went to zoo keeper classes and school but backtracked due to what can be almost called a lack of payment... I find it sad, the animals should have the best of the best caring for them 🖤
I worked as a volunteer for our local park zoo. It's almost entirely native animals that could not survive on their own (a lot of illegal confiscated pets), with a dozen or so monkeys from labs. When I started volunteering there I was hoping to help rehabilitate some injured or young wildlife. Definitely scoop some poop and prepare food. Stuff like that. Nope. I was working the cash register at the gift shop most of the time. The only time I got to interact with any of the animals was when the keeper needed an extra hand to corral the coyotes into a small corner so they could be sprayed with insecticide to stop the fly strike on their ears, with a freaking pressure washer. It was absolutely disgusting the way they treated those animals. I stayed less than a month. I know they were trying to help, but there are better ways. I even offered some suggestions to make the process easier for the dogs, but they said this was the fatsest way to get it done. Those poor dogs were absolutely terrified and in pain. Disgusting. Do better people.
I’m glad this wasn’t just zoo bashing and you acknowledge all the good they do. Too many people assume all zoos are mall attractions that steal wildlife
Unfortunately the hurricane hit the area hard but the biggest zoo in the US is in Ashville NC. The reason it's the biggest is because animals have actual paddocks and large areas to run around in... well most, of course some can't be allowed to roam too freely. No tiny cages, every enclosure is made to resemble their natural habitats. In fact sometimes you might not even see some animals because they're way in the back hanging out
Zookeepers don't get nearly enough respect or pay for what they do. Being one was my dream job for most of my childhood, too. I love animals, I wanted to be close to them, I was a master of Zoo Tycoon 2, I thought I knew everything the jod could throw at me. One internship, a macaw bite, and cleaning up rhino dung was all the reality check I needed. I still appreciate how zoos that are run right do to help endangered species. And I respect the hell out of zookeepers for having much more patience and grit than I ever will. I'll always miss feeding the penguins, though.
Yeah maturing for me was realizing being a zookeeper isn't just playing with wild animals all day, it's a grind that drains every aspect of your life, physical, emotional and social. I love animals and I don't even know if I'd make it 😭
I once petted a zedonk (zebra donkey hybrid) at a petting zoo. But there was a sign warning about the jealousy of his animal friend. I knew how to pet horses and gave him some nice pet/scratches on his nose. I've never been bitten by a equine animal. The Zedonk loved it. Sure enough, an ostrich came out and pecked me to stop me from touching "his friend".
@@koriw1701honestly its pushed up quite a bit by big cities with high cost of living. My last paycheck after 10yrs was $14.35/hr. No holidays (animals gotta eat), and an difficult/expensive degree in zoological science.
4:10 animals know when they’ve broken free. They get excited and run around. Those “people in costume” escaped animal drills wouldn’t prepare you to capture a real zebra with the zoomies!
As a Dutchwoman, I will answer the call and will like for your pronunciation of "Diergaarde Blijdorp", as it's completely correct. Plus any American who manages to pronounce our notorious hard "g" did something impressive in my book.
Im 8 hours late, but i worked/ volunteered at a zoo for a total of 8 years, and I had a Clouded Leopard obsessed with me. I wasn't even a zookeeper. I would often clean the building next to his enclosure, and he would literally sit as close to the entrance to that building as he could get. I would get calls from my zookeeper friends asking me to come over so he'd go inside at night. If I came in on my day off, we could spend hours walking back and forth along his enclosure as he would chuff and meow. He passed away of old age in the beginning of July (he was already 5 when I started volunteering), and I had to quit. I can't image working there without seeing him 5 days out of a week. RIP Bronze, you were a real friend.
The fact that big cats raised in captivity are both the most anti-social psychopaths while also missing the attention of humans is VERY cat behavior. And its why i love them
That's weird, I didn't seem to say that all big cats are interchangable, only that they missed the attention of humans.. But maybe you somehow seen some magical words no one else did! Thanks for letting me know!
One think that made me realize the value of zoos was to see the value of a museum No matter the exhibit area, the biggest contribution a museum would have is the lab in the back, a hub for universities to study with the best preserved material, that of course, is not the one you see I like to think many zoos are likewise, they may have big cages to show the animals, but in the back they're running rehab, study, conservation, all in a practice and scale unmatched by other efforts
Zoos have been moving away from cages since the 1970s, towards a model where the animals have free reign of an enclosure, and the people either walk above or on one border of the enclosure. And the enclosures are given sufficient space for the animals in it. And the animals are given various enrichments to care for their mental needs.
My local zoo runs a cheetah breeding program on acreage away from the guest paths. They've put new mamas and cubs on exhibit but at any given moment most of their cheetahs are probably away from the public view.
Zoos are very limited in what they do and can do for conservation. Most animals just don't do well in captivity. Conservation programs that preserve habitat in the wild and integrate locals to care for their wildlife are much more important.
@@eljanrimsa5843 They are still important for educating the general public, though. I feel like that's one of the main benefits of them as an institution. A lot of the important conservation work is often done outside of public notice, but zoos are a good way to get people to donate, take an interest in, or volunteer for conservation. The downside, though, is that it also means a lot of idiots just treat animals as entertainment and don't even take an interest in helping the ones in the wild.
2:15 I was honestly not expecting Big Cats as the answer especially since I heard that the animals zookeepers tended to fear the most working around were camels and donkeys
The most feared animal has the most precautions taken around it. So probably the animals that are second or third on that list have the highest incidents because they have the capacity and the most opportunities for violence.
I've been watching your videos for a while now, and this might just be my favorite. I was a zookeeper for 10 years and it was incredibly rewarding and simultaneously thankless.
That surprises me as there are two red pandas at Zoo Boise and their enclosure seems super easy to escape. I wonder if the tiger, which is perfectly visible from their enclosure, keeps them from trying to escape?
@@KrayzeeAssKrisReturnsI have also seen red pandas in an easy to escape enclosure, I think they just gave up on preventing the escape, the pandas may just like to stay in it's area.
We had moose at our zoo, years ago. The old curator pretty much specialised in rehabbing them. My ex wife even raised one (they usually come in from the State FW guys pretty young). It is a slog. A 24/7 job for months, and they won't usually accept temporary surrogates. Ya gotta sneak away to shower while they sleep, and they try to catch ya at it! You can leave a baby deer for 12 hours if ya need to, and they just lay down and wait. Moose and Reindeer require constant misters available in the summer months, and again like reindeer, they don't do well anywhere that isn't famous for tourist worthy snowy winters. Nothing like seeing a short little blonde lady lead a full grown moose in rut down the fence line (so we can get in and clean/water/feed) with an empty baby bottle, or stop him in his tracks by pointing and stomping a foot though! The feed is imported from Sweden or Norway or somewhere. You can't use trotter or sweet or anything. And yeah, man... it's pricey!
You need to import pine shoots all the way from Sweden/Norway? I live in Sweden and we have moose parks where youcan have guided tours but they'r not really zoo's. They are basically just fenced off pieces of pine forests with moose in them just chillin'.
I mean, which kind of trees though? There's like 100 species of pine tree and 50 species of fir tree, plus plenty other gymnosperms. If moose do best on a certain mix, you don't want to just go off into the local woods to snag any old random tree branches that might be sub-optimal ya know? And most livestock feed (the trotter and sweet feed mentioned) is grass based so probably just not right at all.
Oh yeah i forgot about them yeah every zoo i know of and have been to those guys are just helloooo as soon as you enter but then again it's not surpising because they can actually fly and cause of there size no cage or net would actually be viable option to hold em
So much fantastic unique information. This is totally one of the best channels out there. Dude fact checks his self responsibly and is super considerate to peripheral jobs. This man is an educational Saint
Really appreciated your comments at the end about zoos, and how grouping and/or judging all zoos together (especially accredited and non-accredited ones) is reductively lazy if not dangerous.
Definitely and I also really appreciate pointing out how awesome rhinos are when properly handled and raised in captivity where they don't have to be terrified of predators their whole life. I don't think I would compare them to dogs, they are much more like the nicest horse you have ever met, but yeah they are truly awesome and it is so sad that so many of them are the last representatives of their species. I don't know how many people are aware but over the last 30 years we've lost more than one entire species of rhino to poachers, sometimes in a single week.
I really loved the final message. I see so many people say zoos are just pure evil and that’s not true. What’s particularly tragic in zoos is not the captivity, but how guests treat certain animals.
And the bad rep the animals might get for reacting to the nonsense people do. It's so stupid to think that someone can taunt or throw things at an animal and try to justify it at all. No, the internet and views isn't an excuse, and paying to see them doesn't give any form of entitlement. There should be a "moron law" that lets the zoo sue people for threatening the animals. (Maybe after a warning if it's not immediately harmful, like I didn't know gorillas took showing teeth as bad until seeing Casual Geo, but if a keeper tells me to not do something I'm gonna listen.)
EXACTLY! Most zoos do so much to ensure the animals live a happy life, and to help with conservation. Most people don't realize how screwed some species would be without them.
Yep. You are so right about rude human behavior. On the upside, I at least found that the same cat courtesy you use with your house cat works on mountain lions. They also like slow blinks and the same mannerisms that make your house cat feel calm. I found a super chill mountain lion at my local zoo that I swear was people watching like a house cat in the window. And that’s literally what it was except with six inches of glass between us. To make a long story short, bonding through slow blinks and cat-friendly mannerisms ended up with me and a mountain lion separated by only six inches of glass napping together on the ledges on our respective sides.
@drewbydoo8945 well, that symbolism can be pretty bad if you remember the fact that pandas would have been extinct a long time ago without human intervention.
@Gr3nadgr3gory I mean, wasn't it us that almost made them extinct in the first place? Pandas are kinda the frat boys of the animal kingdom, but they're not as dumb and lazy as people think. At least in the wild that is.
@kovi-kovi-viko is humanity's opinion of an animal really relevant though? I mean, everyone hates spiders even though nearly all of them aren't at all dangerous to humans, and they control populations of insects that devour are crops. People love dolphins even though they're proof that animals can be evil xD
Thank you for the shoutout to zoos! I'm a zookeeper/ vet tech and love your videos!! This one brought a lot of joy! I also agree with we can do a lot of a good and a lot of bad. Accredited zoos put so much towards the animal care and conservation of those same species that its heartbreaking to hear all the negativity. Not all zoos are the same and a lot are the reason some animals are no longer extinct in the wild!
My wife was a zookeeper. The data about the most dangerous animal is misleading because there are a lot of big cat interaction with humans. Audiences love that stuff and zookeepers do it behind the scenes too. But if you’re in a tunnel with a tiger on one side and a chimp on the other, you speed walk your butt towards the tiger.
As soon as the zoo escape headline came up I knew my boy Rusty was gonna get a nod. I'm a DC tour guide and I always tell the ballad of Rusty the red panda whenever the zoo comes up. Fun Rusty fact: the DC zoo is pretty close to a main nightlife area, and when Rusty got out that's where he'd always head towards. In reality he was just attracted to the smell of food, but that didn't stop folks from cheering for his freedom because lil' homie just wanted to rage
Should've also mentioned Great White Sharks on the list of "animals you will never see in zoos"; no one has ever kept one of those in captivity successfully
Oh, totally. I remember the Monterey Bay Aquarium briefly had a Great White at their location in the 2000's when I was a kid and my grandmother and I tried to visit it, but when we got there, we found out they had JUST RELEASED the darned thing back into the ocean THAT MORNING. Disappointing to be sure, but we still enjoyed our visit. At the end of the day tough, it was a Great White in captivity, meaning its health was probably deteriorating & from what we heard it was eating some of the other fish in the tank (It was a BIG tank. A lot of fish lived in the thing, including Sunfish.)
@@monstersociety3360 I used to watch the livestream cameras of it when it was there constantly. It was so beautiful, but I'm very glad they were able to release it.
Dr. John McCosker of the California Academy of Science in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park took care of an injured Great White Shark brought to him by the fishermen who found him in the 1980's. It was a first for any zoo/aquarium and there's PBS a documentary out there somewhere on it.
A story from one of our zookeepers: if you erre to give a screwdriver to chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans, the chimps would use it as a weapon, the gorillas would be afraid of it and the orangutans would use it to take their enclosure apart.
@@ageishyena3035 I heard a crazy story about keys from a gorilla keeper. He said they always had to be very careful they had their keys with them when they left the enclosure (they cleaned it several times a day with the animals in backup getting snacks). Gorillas would play with the keys. The chimps would try one key knowing what a key was for but then give up if it didn't work. The orangutans would try *every key* because they knew one of them worked.
@@ageishyena3035 Orang means 'human' or 'person' in Indonesian(Orangutan comes from 'Orang' and 'Hutan' which translates to 'Forest person') so your comment made me laugh like hell! We are pretty smart I guess!
I have to say I am so proud of our capital's zoo - Wellington Zoo. They do so much to make sure the animals have the best replication of their natural habitat, go nuts on the enrichment, and have world-class vets and the vet clinic on site. They are part of global conservation efforts, teaching kids and adults about ways to consume in more environmentally friendly ways, they work to have a neutral impact on the environment themselves, and are part of several breeding programmes. One of my favourites is that the tazzie devils they have are all males, so there is more room in other places for breeding populations. They have bred Sheltipusiks, one of the lizards that has been super hard to breed in captivity they have a display of Little Blue Penguins, made entirely of ones who've been rescued, brought to the vet there for specialist treatment, and suffered an injury that made them unfit for release into the wild - one who has only one fin and used to swim in spirals, and now can swim in straight lines!
I volunteered at the Omaha zoo, unfortunately years after fumanchu had passed away. but the rhinos were basically big puppy dogs, and they think every person they see is the one who takes care of them so I got special instructions on how to pet one rhino which was short fast punches and noogies. and extra special instructions to say as far from the elephants as possible, because "they have a cruel sense of humor"
Very far from common animal stereotypes indeed; brutish bad tempered rhino and loving gentle elephant. Meanwhile here the real life example you said are rhino that basically giant puppy which appear dangerous because it doesnt know its own strenghth and elephant with twisted sense of humor
I know, right? When he posted this video on Patreon, I said pretty much the same thing: excellent pronunciation of the Dutch name. Even getting the 'g' right, which is rough.
The fact that orangutans just broke out to chill around, or go annoy their rival, shows that highly intellectual animals can get used to living in a zoo.
My Junior High was right next to the San Diego Zoo, with one of the P.E. fields running adjacent to certain exhibits. Gasping for air while doing laps near the camel pens on a hot day was like having a heater blasting the scents of your hamper directly into your face. And some kids would "accidentally" toss a ball over the fence, get permission to retrieve it, and then stay in the zoo for the rest of the day. It was a fantastic experience. As students, we frequently had events where we could interact with the staff and animals of one of the largest and greatest zoos in the world right next door. It truly was a one-of-a-kind experience.
Hey, as an exhausted (AZA!) zoo educator who just got home from a 90 degree shift...thanks, man. My ultimate goal is becoming a keeper, and after five years of volunteer service before my current position where I'd shadow them, I can safely say keepers are a different breed with their sheer dedication and perseverance. Thanks for recognizing what they do :)
5:57 💯 I did a lot of hands-on work volunteering at a raptor rescue/rehab facility for a couple years; they had a resident (non-releasable) turkey vulture that was *so* playful and adorable, I loved him! While cleaning aviaries or doing water changes, I would frequently take a little longer with his because we would *have* to play a bit. His favorite vulture games seemed to be (1) hunting for old rat tails on the ground, and (2) catching rat tails/bits of rat 😂 He was so funny though: like a dog bringing their ball to you to play fetch! 😄❤️
The Panda grimacing story sounds exactly like those videos of kids copying their parents by licking their finger when turning a page or making an ”aahhh” sound after drinking. People seriously underestimate how smart and sentient a lot of animals(besides us) are, just because they can’t communicate in our way.
I've spent a little while hanging around zoos, and if there's one thing I've learned, it's that if you have the time and you want to do something nice for any kind of captive cat, try to visit them somewhat regularly and spend a little longer with them. 'cause it's pretty safe to say cats are very individual beings -- it's how they know themselves, it's how they see other creatures, and it's how they'd prefer to get to know the people around them. They're watching you even when they don't seem to be -- even when they look like they're asleep, they're often fully aware -- and if you spend enough time with them for them to recognize you as an individual instead of just part of the crowd, they'll probably be very happy to see you.
Our zoo in Detroit is actually part of the Przewalski’s horse conservation effort! I remember being super excited seeing them for the first time because the OG Zoo Tycoon taught me about their endangered status.
And our zoo was also one of the first to have enclosures that were more like the animals’ natural habitats, rather than them just being locked in cages
3:50 wow holy shit that lioness actually came to those zookeepers defense against the lion like “yo what’re u doing??”, there that was actually amazing to see wow the intelligence man
It reminded me of a video that Kevin Richardson (The Lion Whisperer) put out a while back. He was sitting in one of the big cat enclosures with a couple big cats. While he is talking to the camera you can see one of them stalking him from behind and another jumped in and saved him before he got hurt. It even took Kevin by surprise.
I worked in the membership department of the Denver Zoo for close to 10 years and got to experience so many different cool encounters with the animals there. Incredible memories! The hard work and dedication of the keepers and vet staff (and their crazy senses of humor) are still an inspiration. It really is love for them. Denver Zoo is heavily involved in conservation efforts throughout the world. I was proud to be a part of that place.
I have to point out a brief treasure- at the end with lots of clips included a woman getting yelled at by a walrus, and her face was so funny, unsurprised, and generally unfazed. That was hilarious and I'm glad y'all included it. One of my all time favorite Lord Casual, and I must share with the fans of elephants 🐘 and red pandas in my life!
I work with dogs. The amount of people thinking they´re "connecting" to an animal, while they´re actually pissing them off big time, is absolutely insane to me. No clue how you can loose connection with nature and common sense like that. Seeing that all the time when walking our LSGs or Wolfdogs. Every bone of the dog says "stay away" meanwhile random Jenny goes like "i ThInK hE wAnTs mE tO pEt HiM!" lmao
They misinterpret animal behavior, often by seeing it as a simpler version of human interaction. I _always_ ask if it's okay to touch a dog I don't know. Even the nicest dogs can have bad days, and there are breeds that aren't sociable.
Not to criticize, really only to answer the implied question of: "No clue as to how people loose connection with nature and common sense". It seems to me that any "sense" which *feels* common is one that people are taking for granted. In particular; to say that someone might "loose connection" seems to indicate an assumption that these are attributes that everyone is born with, rather than skills that are developed over time. Social animals such as dogs and humans are indeed born with a wide array of sophisticated tools that make it easier for them/us to, with practice, build deep intuitions regarding the emotions and intentions of others. For people who are normally doing a lot of this learning during early childhood it can be easy to lose sight of the fact that these intuitions are indeed skills. Skills that they did not always have. Skills which need to be learned, and even to some extent maintained. Yes people really can "loose connection", but I believe that it is by far more common for people to have not fully/properly built those skills in the first place. I have a very difficult time reading the emotions of animals (including humans). There can be any number of different reasons for social ineptitude; mental disability, phobias (partly cynophobia in my case), various commonly held misconceptions and misinformation, but all that is truly required is the *absence* of practice. Specifically if any animal is thoroughly isolated as a child, than later as an adult it can be very problematic to build any of those intuitions and social skills that most people take for granted. For myself at least, this social ineptitude extends to non-human animals. However, as you pointed out, where people get into serious trouble is if they somehow don't realize that they are suffering from any of these issues. Not just in failing to make a connection, but in completely and always failing, and yet still always able to operate on the assumption that they have completely succeeded. My persistent fears seem to ensure that I am constantly at least somewhat aware of my own limitations (such as whatever nonsense possessed me to write this apparently four paragraph long RUclips comment). I don't have a good justification for people that cannot acknowledge their own failings, and thus cannot learn from them (other than that self-reflection is also a skill which people take for granted, and of course the non-existence of free will). Sorry for the rant, best wishes for the health and happiness of you and all of the dogs that you work with =)
@@888Grim Yeah you´re very likely spot on. It was more of a rhetoric implied question, but if we entertain the idea for a second here, it fits in line with your analysis. I have that with people. I often don´t understand them (as in communication) and half of the time what they´re doing doesn´t make sense to me anyway. But with animals it´s the polar opposite. For me it´s pretty clear what they´re doing and especially what they don´t want, since they´re usually very direct with how they communicate issues. (There´s exceptions especially in dogs though.) I guess growing up in a backwards village with more cats than people helped. lol Don´t worry, I don´t take it personally nor do I mean to disrespect anyone. It´s just something that facinates (and sometimes annoys) me. Thanks for the nice words at the end, I too wish you the best of luck and health for the future. :)
@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive I've had cats all my life, and the two that I have now are weirdos. They both live for belly rubs, and will flip over and purr until you pay attention to them. One of the cats gets overstimulated after a bit and will give you a tiny warning bite, but the other one would lie there all day as long as belly rubs were being offered.
People are insanely stupid with how they interact with dogs. It actually blows my mind. I learned a lot living with dogs, and then later on (while I was living with a 160+ lb Rott/German Shephard mix) I sort of accidentally started watching the Dog Whisperer and learned an INCREDIBLE amount from him. One thing I learned on my own is that a dog will love you to death if you play with it LIKE A DOG. Especially big dogs. Sure, you're going to catch claw or tooth here and there, but you will make them so happy it's ridiculous.
5:48 last time I was at my local zoo I noticed 2 zookeepers looking up into a tree, at first I thought a penguin escaped and climbed it somehow (because it was right next to that enclosure) but it was some sort of exotic bird. My dude was just chillin up there and at one point tried pooping on the zookeepers who were trying their best to get it before it could fly away. Best video I've taken.
Bruh his wordplay during the segment with the "Handsome Gorilla" was honestly the best ever. Also apparently it was recently discovered that komodo dragons have iron tipped teeth.
This is a long story, but here’s a story about the Fresno zoo back in approximately 1960. My older brother and I were seven and nine years old and we’re decked out in our cowboy outfits from head to toe. We were standing at the great ape enclosure, which in those days did not have glass or plexiglass between you and the animals. It was just two layers of cage. This one great ape would smoke cigarettes that were tossed in and blow smoke rings and entertain a large crowd. What’s the crowd was large enough he would take a huge dump, grab a big handful, and fling it at the crowd. We were off to one side, so we avoided getting any on us. You never seen a crowd move so fast! I remember thinking “boy I’m glad none of it got on my new cowboy outfit” Then he laughed hysterically, and did backflips as the people ran away, screaming. When I got older and understood, zoos, which I despise, I don’t blame him a damn bit. L O L.
@@monkiyaz the prey aspect is certainly part of it, but also consider that means they don’t view humans through the lens of a threat so they likely don’t have many concerns about us.
Ah yes, Ken Allen. Famously known for breaking out of his enclosure multiple times so that he can visit other animals, pose for pictures with visitors and throw rocks at a spiteful orangutan neighbour.
@@darcieclements4880seeing them use tools is both fascinating and terrifying. He can freaking pick a lock and then hide the piece of metal. I can’t even do that in an emergency situation.
Love the little note at the end about how zoos are not inherently wrong, the zoo near city took in mostly animals rescued from the pet trade, and had multiple reintroduction projects, it was very inspiring.
Misspoke at 2:35, it was out of 121 not 101 attacks
2:41 📱💻🔑🔑🚗🧑🏻🦽🏃➡️
Cheyenne Mtn Zoo in Colorado Springs, CO has a moose. Js
Unrelated but can you please do a video on eels?
@@mndiaye_97 ur okay honey bunches
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10 years plus of zookeeping taught me one thing... Animals... people... all the same. Both get bitey if you're 15 minutes late with dinner.
I just showed your comment to my wife, she said it's absolutely true. I gave her a bite on the arm and asked when lunch was going to be ready.
Humans are animals after all
Yep would never work with a chimpanzee 🦍
@NewMessage Any advice for someone considering becoming a zookeeper?
@@realdragon we're just bald monkeys who are really good at recognition
Orangutan's really do be lookin like they have some sort of ancient wisdom they want to tell you.
I think they just don’t want to deal with taxes
@@mndiaye_97gotta respect that
@@mndiaye_97they even got locked up because of it 😞💀
@@mndiaye_97 thanks for the info on the best times to hit the zoo, love your videos/content good stuff man always on point
@@mndiaye_97 is that why that orangutan kept escaping?
It's crazy to think that all of the animals that missed humans during the pandemic are actually pretty smart.
There are smart animals that don't miss humans at all
Yeah eels are very smart
I found it surprising that zoo ostriches _don't_ like humans, since there's load of stories on the web how ostriches apparently find humans _sexy_ and constantly try to perform mating dances at them.
@@Flying_Raccoon-b7u Used to take car of a Moray Eel named Cheese, Smart little guy, almost managed to escape his holding aquarium while We were cleaning his tank.
@@DarthBiomechthe ostriches at my local zoo love humans and they come up for treats and pets
11:19 “Man, they got pandas from Temu I can’t even be mad.”
This line actually killed me help
LoL
Didn't have to wait as long for shipping either
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i read some where that every panda bear on earth, thats not in china ... is rented out by china..
Srsly those panda dogs are adorable, I wouldn't be mad either!
Lmfao... the orangutan escaping just to throw rocks at his rival is fucking hilarious
Maurice vs raka
@@Alf-gm7tfPlanet of the Apes reference
Orange Instigator: Hey stupid, how's life on the other side!? "chucks rock"
He's such a fucking chad for that
@jaybee8862 -- When throwing shade through the grapevine just isn't good enough anymore, go face-to-face and make it rocks.
3:53 ok but I love that even the lioness pulls up to try and calm her husband down like "babe chill tf out they're just humans it's not worth it"
"Damn it, Roy, I told you not to bite the hand that feeds us!" - lioness, probably
@@grondhero😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lioneses don't like it when males cause problems, so it's pretty likely that she was in fact intervening
I came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed it 😂 That was so good
I did an internship at my local zoo about 20 years ago. My naive ass really thought my job was cuddling, playing with, and feeding animals all day.
My first week consisted of prepping food for small monkeys, all of which react very poorly to strangers, so I wasn't even allowed into the enclosures - my only hope spot was tapir treatment, which meant giving them very long belly rubs to alleviate their anxieties over the capybaras bullying them.
On my second week, I got moved to the raptors. I got bit by a kea on my first day because he knew I had an egg, and on my fourth day, I watched as the keeper killed live bunnies by slamming their necks on a table and stuffing them with medicine for the vultures. The reality check had me reeling, and one of the younger keepers told me that part of their curriculum consist of learning and memorizing all animals by their latin names. I was lucky to not get assigned for cleaning duty at the giraffes, which everyone agreed had the most vile poop of the entire zoo.
I respect the hell out of zookeepers specifically because I've caught a glimpse of what kind of effort goes into their everyday job routine.
I was believing your story until ".....capybaras bullying them". Those oversized plushies get along with everything and everyone.
@@JeremyDelancy they absolutely do not lol. Contrary to popular memes, capys can be territorial and aggressive.
@@JeremyDelancy capybaras can be pretty chill... unless you're another capybara or in their territory. ben from urban rescue ranch had to separate his capys because one of the males tore chunks of flesh out of the other's face.
@@JeremyDelancy Media manipulation. They're chill until they aren't, a lot of us are only shown the chill side. They're still animals and animals can still be assholes.
@@JeremyDelancy Here we have an exhibit of someone exposed to animals only through the lense of social media. They believe that, somehow, an entire species of giant rodent, native to Central and South America among anaconda, caimen and jaguars, are only ever "chill". This specimen has abandoned logic and reason, relying entirely on hearsay and biased reports tailed to generate views. The capybara is a giant rodent, and just like every other rodent from rats to rabbits, has kick and hunger and a massive bite.
-(read in your favorite narrator's voice)
1:33 The expressions of pure disgust they make as they skirt past that puddle of water like it’s raw sewage is too funny.
omg I didn't even notice when I watched it, thanks for sharing 😂😂
ROFL 🤣 I didn’t know they didn’t like water 🤔👵🏻❣️
There's a clouded leopard at my local zoo who's allergic to every meat they've tried to feed her except elk. High maintenance princess.
At least it wasn’t a hunger strike decision and was a legit health thing. That makes it less painful to shell out the cost of care imo.
Curious, if that’s legit considering they eat mountain goats.
@@MeadowsMiniFarm Feel free to look her up! Her name was Lisu, from Denver Zoo. She was apparently unfortunately euth'd earlier this year.
@@MeadowsMiniFarm I learned about a lactose intolerant squirrel that exists. Would have died if the rehabber didn’t realize what the problem was. Usually, those animals would just die due to natural selection so we never tend to get a glimpse of stuff like this until animals are brought into captivity. Its interesting to think of how many animals pass without anyone ever knowing they had a negative reaction to their own diet.
@@GrimmDelightsDice isn't clouded leopard rare? So why was it offed then?
"Even a 95% vegetarian can make room for beef." 2024 best dad joke right there.
Numerous herbivores have eaten meat when the opportunity arose.
Banger
Just goes to show what kind of animals "survival of the fittest" creates. Some of the most dangerous animals on the planet belong to the herbivores, and very few animals won't go for meat if they're hungry.
Like donkeys.
I saw a video from China where one was munching on chicks. Like, WTF?!?
Seems y'all missed the (very NON-dad, non-dietary) joke.
One time at a zoo, a male lion kept roaring and roaring until we all showed up at his enclosure. Dude wanted attention and knew how to get it.
I visited a Big cat sanctuary and keepers said the lions would have at least one roar off a day. There neighbors who were a few miles away could hear it when they really get going.
Soo my cat except with a much larger food bill
our lion would roar an hour before everything closed, every day.
Our zoo’s lion enclosure is by the playground, so the male Lion Kaloo roared a lot, getting adults and kids to run over to see him, standing at the edge of his grotto…..and then he immediately walked back to by the door to his indoor enclosure 😂
Literally just a cat with extra hair
The female lion that comes to help the zookeeper by biting her husband in the ass had me rollin xD
"Duncan ! Calm down ! You are getting both of us in trouble!"
I work at the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, and after 50 years, we’ve only had one animal escape: a gorilla. Allegedly, the night before there was a big storm. This resulted in a piece of bamboo being knocked down and falling on top of the enclosure. Yes. A giant gorilla used a single piece of bamboo to climb up and out of his enclosure, using it as a walkway. Once out, he reportedly wandered around for a little while before climbing right back into the enclosure, having satisfied his curiosity.
"This place sucks take me back" 🦍
@@CalmtimerLMAO HELP😭
We still have the legendary bamboo piece to this day, and it gets shown to every new hire (self-included) during orientation.
Based gorilla
I've seen enough, i'm statisfied ~ gorilla probably
The noise that gorillas make when they pound their chest will never not be funny. lol
its one of those sounds that really feel like they dont make sense
Like certain bears not roaring, or cheetah chirps
It will not be funny in the wild
Heard it happen once. My younger brother was real little and decided to pound his chest, prompting one of the silver packs to run past pounding his own chest in return. It took a solid two or three years for me to realize the zoo didn't just have someone waiting to play that sound if one of the gorillas did that.
@@EpicRenegade777 Ikr!! You would think it would sound a lot more doomy.
@@realdragon True, but gorillas are really just vegetarian pacifists. I'd me a lot more worried about chimps. lol
Ken Allen escaping from his enclosure just to chuck rocks at Otis is such a mood.
"I told you when I get out I'm coming for you"
"Oook!"
I have to wonder if he even needed to.
Like, usually animals of the same species are kept close to each other.
Wouldn't surprise me at all if the escaping part was jut Ken Allen flexing on Otis.
“Kendrick was wrong, Ken is the world’s biggest hater”
Maybe Otis deserved it?
0:01 bro even looked back, swipes his hair, locked eyes for the ladies.
he might have more charisma than all men.
The Rizzler.
@@karawithgun8148The gorizzla
@@theraginginfernape9496 Lmfao take my upvote. That was a good one.
@@theraginginfernape9496 My man! 🤣
This is how Tarzan came to be who he is
Zookeepers are definitely taken advantage of. It feels criminal to pay such a dangerous job such a low rate. If you are in contact with wild creatures that could kill you by accidentally stepping on you or one that could tears your limbs off with little effort, there's gotta be a higher rate just for the danger of it.
One of the issues is a lot of people want to try it.
@@lukeandrew3335 Yes but a lot of people are also very quick to quit when the fantasy is shattered. It's the same thing with my job at a dog daycare/ grooming/training facility. A lot of people try to get in the door thinking it's an easy dream job only to realize it's way harder, more involved and less glamorous than they imagined, usually quitting in their first month. It takes so much more than loving dogs or animals in general to actually survive these jobs and the pay given is laughable.
Long rant shortened, it doesn't matter that a lot of people are applying if a lot of people are also leaving. It costs more to train new employees constantly than to just weed out the weak and pay the ones that can handle the job well.
America in general pays bad for literally everything wtf are you talking about?😅
@@tipoftheiceberg7034 they are talking about one job
That's capitalism for you, where the more dangerous and dirty it is, the less wage you get. Just work harder, vulnerable civilian! /sar
I worked at a zoo for a time and I can say in my particular zoo, one of the Marabou Storks was the animal that escaped his enclosure most often. At least it seemed that way to me as every time he got out (almost weekly), he'd come and find me and rattle his bill at me before following me back to his enclosure. The only other animal that escaped to my knowledge in my time there was a two toed sloth on my first day. The trainer had forgotten to close the door to his enclosure and she refused to acknowledge that the new hires were trying to tell her that he was ever so slowly making his way out of the open door as she was talking. It was the slowest escape escape ever, but that sloth was determined.
Imagine being so stubborn about not listening to your new hires that you let a SLOTH escape! Somehow, that seems hilarious to me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Definitely relatable for anyone working in corporate too.
@@SrividyaS Everyone present got a good chuckle about it except for the trainer. The sloth was safely returned to his enclosure shortly after his daring escape and was given some extra attention and a monkey biscuit as a treat for allowing himself to be captured without a fuss.
Apparently the sloth trainer was determined, too. Big rSlash vibes on that story
The stork probably liked you. :P Either that, or it was like "hah, I escaped again! You suck!" but didn't actually know what to do with it's freedom after escaping.
I never think of storks as being particularly intelligent, but that story does make me wonder if that marabou saw his escaping as a game and you were part of it.
I wish I'd been there for the escaping orangutan story. The mental image of a bunch of orangutans chilling on the zoo paths is hilarious.
give them cargo shorts and sandals and you wouldn't even notice they're there
@@king_eti_plays2473but they gotta be named Dunston cus them be the ones lol
@@king_eti_plays2473 you wouldn't even notice that the orangutans escaped, you would just think they are a bunch of gingers
"Omg the orangutans escaped, evacuate the zoo before they go on a rampa-wait they're just chilling"
The funniest part was, they didn’t go anywhere. Just hung out in the trees just outside of their enclosure. As though the point was simply to prove they were free agents.
I worked at a British Zoo for about a year. It was in the "Catering Department", running and cooking food in the stalls, shops and restaurants but I got to know some of the keepers. The best escape artist they all agreed upon? The freaking Anteater! Apparently guests all think the Anteaters are pretty lazy since they seems to do nothing but sleep all day. But apparently Oreo and his girls are just always saving energy for the next breakout. It was such an odd pick I almost didn't believe them until he wandered into the kitchen one day.
Polar bears getting excited to see humans is probably like 10yo me when my parents took me to mcdonalds
@@alejandrojimenez144
The polar bears probably -
"Hey Bert, which one do you think looks the tastiest?"
"The little ones of course, that or the reaaaaally big ones. Tender. Juicy. Meaty."
I had a similar thought at that part of the video lolllll
Our local male is a diva, he'll only get up an play if there's a big crowd, if it's just a few people he'll literally show his butt to everyone an flop down
I remember talking to a zoo worker once who took care of dolphins. The dolphins usually do shows for the visitors several times a day.
The worker told me in the pandemic the dolphins started to become really sad because no one watched them if they showed their tricks, no one reacted and applauded.
So to combat that all the zoo workers regularly gathered at the usual showtimes and watched them, screaming and applauding as loud as they can. It made them very happy. Even if they still noticed the benches weren't nearly as full as usual.
Sort of related, but whenever the zoos I work/have worked at close for the season, the petting zoo goats get really clingy bc they miss all the attention lol. Goats can be very affectionate, and of course they miss getting fed by guests. When we open and they hear the kids coming down, they all excitedly run up to the entrance gate!
i always imagine going to a zoo, seeing a gorilla and remembering that smiling is a sign of aggression and instead giving a respectful bow to see how the gorilla reacts
How *did* it react.
@@frougee How can your reply be 23 minutes ago, when the comment was made 19 minutes ago? YT never ceases to mess with us.
Well anything that shows you aren't a threat like becoming smaller is generally encouraged when dealing with gorillas. So it either was amused or confused but not annoyed.@@frougee
@@edie4321 That is a good question.
Remember, smiling itself isn't the problem as long as your mouth stays closed. It's the fact that humans tend to bare their teeth when smiling.
Lol, that is exactly why my zookeeper dreams fell flat. I watched Animal Planet (especially The Crocodile Hunter) religiously and Zoo Tycoon was my favorite game. I begged my parents to let me be a "Junior Zookeeper" at our local zoo, but transportation ended up being an issue so I wasn't able to. By high school, I was like "Ah, lots of hard physical work and not a lot of money...hm..."
So, I got a degree in education of course. Doh!
😂😂 I also wanted to work with animals and ended up being a teacher😂😂😂
@@DaughterofDiogenes children are animals. So you got what you wanted.
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@@robertquick8410😂
So you are A ZOOKEEPER, just for a Different species
according to my zookeeper wife, the best way to see if an enclosure is escape-proof, is to put a baby animal in there. According to her baby animals always find the weakest link.
This sound’s about like what my family would do when they raised goats.
This is a different story only reading the first sentence.
The first time I read your first sentence, I read it as "put a baby in there." I'm like WTF?! 🤣
Tbh, human babies/toddlers also find the weakest link, cause not only they figure out how to both escape and do mischief, but also they'll do it in shortest amount of time lmao 😂
@@grondhero I made sure to put "baby animal" but I guess a human baby will do in a pinch.
I’m a zookeeper of 12 years and a wildlife educator of 7 and I really appreciate this video for being both positive towards zoos but also honest. We’re not perfect, the field has work to do to improve animal welfare, but we’re working hard at it. Thank you for the support and sharing the information!
Zoos are so much better than they were just a few decades ago, and it's thanks to keepers like you who care about their charges.
Much appreciated!
You probably don't hear this a lot but I really appreciate your work. Big hugs and best wishes from this side of the pond
I've worked in wildlife nature parks, and it's all a work in progress, but the right people with the right morales In the right position, at the right time make the difference. And pressure from others morales
I'd love to hear how you survive with such low pay. That's my dream job, I even did an internship last year and loved it, but the pay kinda scares me
THANK YOU for talking about how zoos can be a great resource for conservation. I’ve been seeing an alarming increase in people making blanket statements about how all zoos are evil, ignoring the conservation efforts that many undergo as nonprofit organizations
My local zoo is AZA accredited and is participating in breeding programs to boost critically endangered species. There's a very good chance the zoo near you is, too. It's not the 1890s anymore and I'm really not sure how this discourse happened. People, read something.
nah shut them down slash funding you want healthcare thats how its done its either the poor or the animals genz doesnt go to there anyway and they will be forced to shut down soon anyway
Most ethically run zoos take in animals that wouldn't survive in the wild for one reason or another. They function like animal rescues in that respect. These animals have been around humans their entire lives and are dependent on us for their survival.
It isn't as if they're out there randomly capturing wild animals to put in cages. That's what we did a century ago. We've moved past that.
A zoo can be a place saving and preserving parts of nature or a hellscape where helpless beings are tortured. That means you need a lot of evidence/facts/nuance to judge any given zoo. Blanket statements (in either direction) are easier for people to fall back on. I think we need a slogan or acronym describing what factors make for good zoos - something catchy that people could say instead.
*EXACTLY.* I literally cannot stand people who see one or two cheap and abusive zoos and just assume all zoos are actively terrible quick-buck enterainment at the animals' expense. Especially when the situation is more complex than that. A well funded and credible zoo can work wonders for animal convervation and awareness. Allowing children the opportunity see these creatures outside of a tv screen and sometimes spark a fansciation that ends up turning into a job in animal convervation later in adulthood. Zoos have played vital roles in bring back species from the brink of extinction and teaching people that some of them get wrongful hate. (Like wolves, sharks, Hyenas.) Zoos can be both good and bad, and it's time people start putting in the effort to learn the difference.
A Jaguar named Valerio at my local zoo in New Orleans busted through his steel enclosure early Saturday morning in 2018 and proceeded to act like a Jaguar, murking 9 animals before he was tranquilized . The body count was 5 alpacas ,3 foxes ,and 1 emu .
awww, poor foxes :C
Damn it was stronger than the Australian government
I know someone who was there several days before it happened
Any idea if he wanted to eat or was having a fit of violence?
@@carlosschwambach9213 The person said the jaguar looked angry about something the day she was there.
Every Canadian when you asked why there were no Moose in zoos:
DONT EVEN THINK IT YOU ABSOLUTE MADMAN.
Joke's on the Canadians, I know a zoo that has moose and even a moose lodge from where you can watch them.
They got some good space with some separated enclosures for male and female. Last I heard, they're doing alright and I think I remember even seeing a young moose several years ago, when I was visiting everytime we were at my grandma's.
It's the Sababurg zoo in Solling, germany. I still love that zoo, it's huge, has history and quite a variety of animals.
Also, the raccoons broke out into the garbage bins so often that the zoo just turned the little area into part of the raccoon enclosure xD
@@Nazhrya our moose have rage in their blood and hate in their eyes. I think the geese got to them...
@@starkiller34 Probably, the geese are spreading their rage and hatred 💀
@@starkiller34 it's the mosquitoes
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I’ll always maintain, elephants are the most elegant and respectful animals. Treat them nice and they will return. If you’re assholes, you boutta get stomped.
@@PuffPiastri yeah so maybe don't imprison them.
the problem with elephant is not its attitude it's it being 50 times your weight.
No matter how respectful u r to one tho, a male elephant in any period of musth is super dangerous. For several months they get so sexually agitated and aggressive that nothing, absolutely nothing, is safe. They become stinky, horny aggressive freight trains that lose control and go off the rails. Other than that tho they seem to be pretty chill giants as long as ur being cool towards them.
@@dummbobqqqqqI mean part of its protection, then you also have elephant chat can live in the wild
@@dummbobqqqqqin America at least, many zoo animals nowadays r either born in captivity or rescued and r animal embassadors who can't be released into the wild for either physical or medical reasons or the fact they wouldn't be able to care for themselves. Unfortunately zoos r necessary as well for conservation as humans tend to care more about something when they r able to see it or interact with it though an experience. It's just the way our brains r hardwired. Most zoo animals, not all but most, would have no shot at survival if they were released unfortunately
Ex-zookeeper here: worked 10 years in a small but exotic zoo. From that 7 years as a keeper and youth program teacher. Worked with small and mid sized mammals. From lemurs to mandrills. What you heard were true. We are not in it for the money, fame or prestige. We are over-qualified and underpaid. But we are in it because we like it, or we know how to do it. Because let me tell you, it is EASY to do it wrong. Worked together some miserable people.
Zoos are great, if managed right, they can make difference and show you a good time. Toss a coin for them and when you see a keeper who might not be a seal or orca trainer with their own show, just say them a howdy. They will appreciate it.
Love the channel. Keep up the good work!
When I think of zoos I mostly think of all the poop you have to deal with. Thanks for cleaning that 💩up.
That was the issue when I was looking into Zookeeping as a career path. It seems like the underpaid aspect is really exploitative and built on how Zookeeping is a very much passion-job. It's something where people are more willing to take a low pay because animal handling is something people get really really invested in. I decided to go with Ecology instead because it functions similarly, as a means of preserving studying & hopefully refreshing the environment in a way where I'm not getting screwed over. Hopefully that changes in the future and Zookeepers can get themselves out of the bind their positions have been in for so long. It really isn't fair.
My sister went to zoo keeper classes and school but backtracked due to what can be almost called a lack of payment... I find it sad, the animals should have the best of the best caring for them 🖤
I worked as a volunteer for our local park zoo. It's almost entirely native animals that could not survive on their own (a lot of illegal confiscated pets), with a dozen or so monkeys from labs. When I started volunteering there I was hoping to help rehabilitate some injured or young wildlife. Definitely scoop some poop and prepare food. Stuff like that. Nope. I was working the cash register at the gift shop most of the time. The only time I got to interact with any of the animals was when the keeper needed an extra hand to corral the coyotes into a small corner so they could be sprayed with insecticide to stop the fly strike on their ears, with a freaking pressure washer. It was absolutely disgusting the way they treated those animals. I stayed less than a month. I know they were trying to help, but there are better ways. I even offered some suggestions to make the process easier for the dogs, but they said this was the fatsest way to get it done. Those poor dogs were absolutely terrified and in pain. Disgusting. Do better people.
Zoos definitely arent great
I’m glad this wasn’t just zoo bashing and you acknowledge all the good they do. Too many people assume all zoos are mall attractions that steal wildlife
they mostly do
Unfortunately the hurricane hit the area hard but the biggest zoo in the US is in Ashville NC. The reason it's the biggest is because animals have actual paddocks and large areas to run around in... well most, of course some can't be allowed to roam too freely. No tiny cages, every enclosure is made to resemble their natural habitats. In fact sometimes you might not even see some animals because they're way in the back hanging out
Zookeepers don't get nearly enough respect or pay for what they do. Being one was my dream job for most of my childhood, too.
I love animals, I wanted to be close to them, I was a master of Zoo Tycoon 2, I thought I knew everything the jod could throw at me. One internship, a macaw bite, and cleaning up rhino dung was all the reality check I needed.
I still appreciate how zoos that are run right do to help endangered species. And I respect the hell out of zookeepers for having much more patience and grit than I ever will. I'll always miss feeding the penguins, though.
Yeah maturing for me was realizing being a zookeeper isn't just playing with wild animals all day, it's a grind that drains every aspect of your life, physical, emotional and social. I love animals and I don't even know if I'd make it 😭
What career did you end up picking?
@@MrSponge56 RUclipsr from the looks of it
If you love animals why would you work in a zoo where they are held captive and often abused?
@@CheckyliaChenilledepends on the zoo
I once petted a zedonk (zebra donkey hybrid) at a petting zoo. But there was a sign warning about the jealousy of his animal friend. I knew how to pet horses and gave him some nice pet/scratches on his nose. I've never been bitten by a equine animal. The Zedonk loved it. Sure enough, an ostrich came out and pecked me to stop me from touching "his friend".
zedonk is such a funny name help
Typical Kevin
You got me then trying to pet the ostrich as everyone gets a headpat
An ostrich, of all things.
Just gained a new respect for zoo keepers
Fr
I have always had a respect for them.
Me too
Especially at that pay rate! Yikes! That's about $37k/year. Basically starvation living in the diminishing middle class
@@koriw1701honestly its pushed up quite a bit by big cities with high cost of living. My last paycheck after 10yrs was $14.35/hr. No holidays (animals gotta eat), and an difficult/expensive degree in zoological science.
4:10 animals know when they’ve broken free. They get excited and run around. Those “people in costume” escaped animal drills wouldn’t prepare you to capture a real zebra with the zoomies!
As a Dutchwoman, I will answer the call and will like for your pronunciation of "Diergaarde Blijdorp", as it's completely correct. Plus any American who manages to pronounce our notorious hard "g" did something impressive in my book.
Im 8 hours late, but i worked/ volunteered at a zoo for a total of 8 years, and I had a Clouded Leopard obsessed with me. I wasn't even a zookeeper. I would often clean the building next to his enclosure, and he would literally sit as close to the entrance to that building as he could get. I would get calls from my zookeeper friends asking me to come over so he'd go inside at night. If I came in on my day off, we could spend hours walking back and forth along his enclosure as he would chuff and meow.
He passed away of old age in the beginning of July (he was already 5 when I started volunteering), and I had to quit. I can't image working there without seeing him 5 days out of a week. RIP Bronze, you were a real friend.
he wants to fucking eat you you think he would of cuddled you
The fact that big cats raised in captivity are both the most anti-social psychopaths while also missing the attention of humans is VERY cat behavior. And its why i love them
That's weird, I didn't seem to say that all big cats are interchangable, only that they missed the attention of humans..
But maybe you somehow seen some magical words no one else did! Thanks for letting me know!
@@TheKiroshiyou did seem to imply that all big cats have similar demeanors which would be a quite fatal mistake.
Where did the tasty-looking fidget apes go? :
@@JMurph2015 -- If the assumption is "anti-social psychopath" do you assume friendly?
@@TheKiroshi lions are literally pack animals, so yeah they are social.
4:22 “Lion”: gets tranquilized
Lioness: Wth is going on?
Other lioness: this is what happens if we make a break for it
3:54 I like how she came over like "Honey, stop! They feed us!"
She teamed up with them
plot twist : those were mountain lions and it's actually a male that saw an opportunity
I was weak watching that. Its lik that 1 family member that always act up and sumbody gotta talk him down
Fr
I was thinking "Honey, save me a leg! Here, let me hold him down for you."
One think that made me realize the value of zoos was to see the value of a museum
No matter the exhibit area, the biggest contribution a museum would have is the lab in the back, a hub for universities to study with the best preserved material, that of course, is not the one you see
I like to think many zoos are likewise, they may have big cages to show the animals, but in the back they're running rehab, study, conservation, all in a practice and scale unmatched by other efforts
Zoos have been moving away from cages since the 1970s, towards a model where the animals have free reign of an enclosure, and the people either walk above or on one border of the enclosure. And the enclosures are given sufficient space for the animals in it. And the animals are given various enrichments to care for their mental needs.
@@John_Weiss yeah I was downplaying the public view side of things
My local zoo runs a cheetah breeding program on acreage away from the guest paths. They've put new mamas and cubs on exhibit but at any given moment most of their cheetahs are probably away from the public view.
Zoos are very limited in what they do and can do for conservation. Most animals just don't do well in captivity. Conservation programs that preserve habitat in the wild and integrate locals to care for their wildlife are much more important.
@@eljanrimsa5843 They are still important for educating the general public, though. I feel like that's one of the main benefits of them as an institution. A lot of the important conservation work is often done outside of public notice, but zoos are a good way to get people to donate, take an interest in, or volunteer for conservation.
The downside, though, is that it also means a lot of idiots just treat animals as entertainment and don't even take an interest in helping the ones in the wild.
2:15 I was honestly not expecting Big Cats as the answer especially since I heard that the animals zookeepers tended to fear the most working around were camels and donkeys
Big cats and chimps are the worst
Although because of this they get more security, thus allowing other animals more opertunities to escape
@@ShinmegamiPersonayeah I agree, look at a big cat wrong or a monkey wrong,and you'll see 👀 the wild side appear like that 🫰🏽
The most feared animal has the most precautions taken around it. So probably the animals that are second or third on that list have the highest incidents because they have the capacity and the most opportunities for violence.
It tracks, regular house cats are unpredictable as is.
I've been watching your videos for a while now, and this might just be my favorite. I was a zookeeper for 10 years and it was incredibly rewarding and simultaneously thankless.
I live 30 minutes from the Norfolk zoo. I remember hearing about the red panda escape lol. Adorable little trouble makers
My heart.😊🙏🏻😌😭
That surprises me as there are two red pandas at Zoo Boise and their enclosure seems super easy to escape. I wonder if the tiger, which is perfectly visible from their enclosure, keeps them from trying to escape?
@@KrayzeeAssKrisReturnsI have also seen red pandas in an easy to escape enclosure, I think they just gave up on preventing the escape, the pandas may just like to stay in it's area.
I couldn't even be mad if I saw a red panda escapee walk past me. Bro is just chilling.
Norfolk zoo is a awful place
We had moose at our zoo, years ago. The old curator pretty much specialised in rehabbing them. My ex wife even raised one (they usually come in from the State FW guys pretty young).
It is a slog. A 24/7 job for months, and they won't usually accept temporary surrogates. Ya gotta sneak away to shower while they sleep, and they try to catch ya at it! You can leave a baby deer for 12 hours if ya need to, and they just lay down and wait. Moose and Reindeer require constant misters available in the summer months, and again like reindeer, they don't do well anywhere that isn't famous for tourist worthy snowy winters.
Nothing like seeing a short little blonde lady lead a full grown moose in rut down the fence line (so we can get in and clean/water/feed) with an empty baby bottle, or stop him in his tracks by pointing and stomping a foot though!
The feed is imported from Sweden or Norway or somewhere. You can't use trotter or sweet or anything. And yeah, man... it's pricey!
You need to import pine shoots all the way from Sweden/Norway? I live in Sweden and we have moose parks where youcan have guided tours but they'r not really zoo's. They are basically just fenced off pieces of pine forests with moose in them just chillin'.
@@tobiaswedin We have to use a USDA approved feed to keep our license... but they did get plenty of browse :)
@@NewMessage Sounds really weird to me where the moose just eats off the trees even in captivity with all those regulations and special feed 😅
@@tobiaswedin they have them in Skansen but ig that technically isnt a zoo
I mean, which kind of trees though? There's like 100 species of pine tree and 50 species of fir tree, plus plenty other gymnosperms. If moose do best on a certain mix, you don't want to just go off into the local woods to snag any old random tree branches that might be sub-optimal ya know? And most livestock feed (the trotter and sweet feed mentioned) is grass based so probably just not right at all.
"Red Pandas are the animals most likely to escape their enclosures"
Fucking peacocks: 👹
My local reserve doesn't even have a peacock enclosure. They just wander around everywhere, lol.
Can’t escape if you don’t have a permanent enclosure.
Real. I got chased by a peacock once
Detroit Zoo has them free-roaming. I am always SUPER LEERY when one gets close- them talons are BIG.
Oh yeah i forgot about them yeah every zoo i know of and have been to those guys are just helloooo as soon as you enter but then again it's not surpising because they can actually fly and cause of there size no cage or net would actually be viable option to hold em
So much fantastic unique information. This is totally one of the best channels out there. Dude fact checks his self responsibly and is super considerate to peripheral jobs. This man is an educational Saint
14:39 With my glasses off, it looks like that zookeeper is sitting with a group of attentive sweet potatoes.
🤣I took my glasses off and saw the same thing! 🤣
Prairie dogs are basically furry potatoes indeed
Omg I can’t unsee it 😂 That is so cute haha
Yeah, I jus tried and that bottom right one doesn't help!
It really does 😊
Really appreciated your comments at the end about zoos, and how grouping and/or judging all zoos together (especially accredited and non-accredited ones) is reductively lazy if not dangerous.
Definitely and I also really appreciate pointing out how awesome rhinos are when properly handled and raised in captivity where they don't have to be terrified of predators their whole life. I don't think I would compare them to dogs, they are much more like the nicest horse you have ever met, but yeah they are truly awesome and it is so sad that so many of them are the last representatives of their species. I don't know how many people are aware but over the last 30 years we've lost more than one entire species of rhino to poachers, sometimes in a single week.
Seconded! It's nice to see a balanced view on the good and bad that can come from zoos
Agreed. Facebook is already infested with those kinds of morons already.
I really loved the final message. I see so many people say zoos are just pure evil and that’s not true. What’s particularly tragic in zoos is not the captivity, but how guests treat certain animals.
The most evil animal in any zoo is most definitely the public.
And the bad rep the animals might get for reacting to the nonsense people do. It's so stupid to think that someone can taunt or throw things at an animal and try to justify it at all. No, the internet and views isn't an excuse, and paying to see them doesn't give any form of entitlement. There should be a "moron law" that lets the zoo sue people for threatening the animals. (Maybe after a warning if it's not immediately harmful, like I didn't know gorillas took showing teeth as bad until seeing Casual Geo, but if a keeper tells me to not do something I'm gonna listen.)
Ask the San Francisco Zoo about a tiger named Tatiana and a couple of real A**Hole young men
EXACTLY! Most zoos do so much to ensure the animals live a happy life, and to help with conservation. Most people don't realize how screwed some species would be without them.
Yep. You are so right about rude human behavior. On the upside, I at least found that the same cat courtesy you use with your house cat works on mountain lions. They also like slow blinks and the same mannerisms that make your house cat feel calm. I found a super chill mountain lion at my local zoo that I swear was people watching like a house cat in the window. And that’s literally what it was except with six inches of glass between us. To make a long story short, bonding through slow blinks and cat-friendly mannerisms ended up with me and a mountain lion separated by only six inches of glass napping together on the ledges on our respective sides.
Crazy part is that giraffe NAILED that rhino at 3:01 without even really looking!
It also sounded like a broken bone for the rhino
3:00 is more like it.
“A sinful liaison, that’s haram bae” might be the funniest thing I’ve heard all summer
SERIOUSLY it took me out
11:00 Reminds me of a joke: I went to the zoo and there were no animals except a dog. It was a shih tzu
🍜🌌 😂😂😂
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Good one, dad!
I was struggling to understand the joke until I pronounced the "t". Then it all made sense
BADUM-TSSSSS 🥁😂
7:20
Pandas: _" I am black, white and asian. Why can't we just all chill together? ... also take care of me, Human. "_
When you put it like that, pandas are actually the perfect symbol for, not just equality, but also world peace.
@@drewbydoo8945 It's also ironic because some people really dislike pandas and want them dead. Doesn't really bode well for what they symbolize...
@drewbydoo8945 well, that symbolism can be pretty bad if you remember the fact that pandas would have been extinct a long time ago without human intervention.
@Gr3nadgr3gory I mean, wasn't it us that almost made them extinct in the first place? Pandas are kinda the frat boys of the animal kingdom, but they're not as dumb and lazy as people think. At least in the wild that is.
@kovi-kovi-viko is humanity's opinion of an animal really relevant though? I mean, everyone hates spiders even though nearly all of them aren't at all dangerous to humans, and they control populations of insects that devour are crops. People love dolphins even though they're proof that animals can be evil xD
Thank you for the shoutout to zoos! I'm a zookeeper/ vet tech and love your videos!! This one brought a lot of joy! I also agree with we can do a lot of a good and a lot of bad. Accredited zoos put so much towards the animal care and conservation of those same species that its heartbreaking to hear all the negativity. Not all zoos are the same and a lot are the reason some animals are no longer extinct in the wild!
My wife was a zookeeper. The data about the most dangerous animal is misleading because there are a lot of big cat interaction with humans. Audiences love that stuff and zookeepers do it behind the scenes too.
But if you’re in a tunnel with a tiger on one side and a chimp on the other, you speed walk your butt towards the tiger.
I interned at a zoo last summer and I've had people ask me which animal I'm the most scared of. I always say the chimps. They scare me
@@paigelavergne9125 Chimps are one of the few species where it is kill on sight as normal practice if they escape their enclosure for a reason.
As soon as the zoo escape headline came up I knew my boy Rusty was gonna get a nod. I'm a DC tour guide and I always tell the ballad of Rusty the red panda whenever the zoo comes up.
Fun Rusty fact: the DC zoo is pretty close to a main nightlife area, and when Rusty got out that's where he'd always head towards. In reality he was just attracted to the smell of food, but that didn't stop folks from cheering for his freedom because lil' homie just wanted to rage
Imagine sharing a big slice with Rusty 😭😭😭
@j.elizabeth4621 Rusty for sure would get his own Jumbo Slice
those women are makin me feel normal. I may like a bit of spooky scary but at least it's not a whole ass gorrilla
The gorilla was good looking tho.:v
They are probably the same women who ship Noa and Mea (oh, yeah, that's a thing).
@@Gendotherendo wdym
its cause they are basically docile bl ack men lol
Same😭
Man, everytime I'm having a tough time, I get back to being obsessed with this channel and it honestly restores my faith in the world.
Should've also mentioned Great White Sharks on the list of "animals you will never see in zoos"; no one has ever kept one of those in captivity successfully
Oh, totally. I remember the Monterey Bay Aquarium briefly had a Great White at their location in the 2000's when I was a kid and my grandmother and I tried to visit it, but when we got there, we found out they had JUST RELEASED the darned thing back into the ocean THAT MORNING. Disappointing to be sure, but we still enjoyed our visit. At the end of the day tough, it was a Great White in captivity, meaning its health was probably deteriorating & from what we heard it was eating some of the other fish in the tank (It was a BIG tank. A lot of fish lived in the thing, including Sunfish.)
No aquarium is ever big enough to satisfy this one
@@wilsonweiseng6485 Yup.
@@monstersociety3360 I used to watch the livestream cameras of it when it was there constantly. It was so beautiful, but I'm very glad they were able to release it.
Dr. John McCosker of the California Academy of Science in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park took care of an injured Great White Shark brought to him by the fishermen who found him in the 1980's. It was a first for any zoo/aquarium and there's PBS a documentary out there somewhere on it.
A story from one of our zookeepers: if you erre to give a screwdriver to chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans, the chimps would use it as a weapon, the gorillas would be afraid of it and the orangutans would use it to take their enclosure apart.
I can believe this. Orangs are deadly smart.
@@ageishyena3035 I heard a crazy story about keys from a gorilla keeper. He said they always had to be very careful they had their keys with them when they left the enclosure (they cleaned it several times a day with the animals in backup getting snacks). Gorillas would play with the keys. The chimps would try one key knowing what a key was for but then give up if it didn't work. The orangutans would try *every key* because they knew one of them worked.
@@ageishyena3035 Orang means 'human' or 'person' in Indonesian(Orangutan comes from 'Orang' and 'Hutan' which translates to 'Forest person') so your comment made me laugh like hell! We are pretty smart I guess!
I have to say I am so proud of our capital's zoo - Wellington Zoo. They do so much to make sure the animals have the best replication of their natural habitat, go nuts on the enrichment, and have world-class vets and the vet clinic on site. They are part of global conservation efforts, teaching kids and adults about ways to consume in more environmentally friendly ways, they work to have a neutral impact on the environment themselves, and are part of several breeding programmes.
One of my favourites is that the tazzie devils they have are all males, so there is more room in other places for breeding populations.
They have bred Sheltipusiks, one of the lizards that has been super hard to breed in captivity
they have a display of Little Blue Penguins, made entirely of ones who've been rescued, brought to the vet there for specialist treatment, and suffered an injury that made them unfit for release into the wild - one who has only one fin and used to swim in spirals, and now can swim in straight lines!
In Stockholm, Sweden, we have a open-air museum called Skansen and their, we’ve got moose
I have never heard of Skansen before, and noq I don't think I could visit Stockholm without seeing Skansen. It looks amazing.
I volunteered at the Omaha zoo, unfortunately years after fumanchu had passed away. but the rhinos were basically big puppy dogs, and they think every person they see is the one who takes care of them so I got special instructions on how to pet one rhino which was short fast punches and noogies. and extra special instructions to say as far from the elephants as possible, because "they have a cruel sense of humor"
Very far from common animal stereotypes indeed; brutish bad tempered rhino and loving gentle elephant. Meanwhile here the real life example you said are rhino that basically giant puppy which appear dangerous because it doesnt know its own strenghth and elephant with twisted sense of humor
The Bokito woman was utterly insane. I love how you pronounced Diergaarde Blijdorp, that was damn near perfect Dutch!
She was lucky it was a gorilla she pissed off and not a chimp. Also he was far more patient with her than most humans would have been.
I enjoyed it lmao
lol it's cause its the closest thing to a docile b a l c k man they've seen
This! Great pronounciation! Not the easiest one neighter
I know, right? When he posted this video on Patreon, I said pretty much the same thing: excellent pronunciation of the Dutch name. Even getting the 'g' right, which is rough.
Lmao the Japanese zookeeper dressed as a lion followed by lionesses chilling like they were watching was a priceless edit.
The fact that orangutans just broke out to chill around, or go annoy their rival, shows that highly intellectual animals can get used to living in a zoo.
My Junior High was right next to the San Diego Zoo, with one of the P.E. fields running adjacent to certain exhibits. Gasping for air while doing laps near the camel pens on a hot day was like having a heater blasting the scents of your hamper directly into your face.
And some kids would "accidentally" toss a ball over the fence, get permission to retrieve it, and then stay in the zoo for the rest of the day.
It was a fantastic experience. As students, we frequently had events where we could interact with the staff and animals of one of the largest and greatest zoos in the world right next door. It truly was a one-of-a-kind experience.
I'm honestly painfully jealous
Hey, as an exhausted (AZA!) zoo educator who just got home from a 90 degree shift...thanks, man. My ultimate goal is becoming a keeper, and after five years of volunteer service before my current position where I'd shadow them, I can safely say keepers are a different breed with their sheer dedication and perseverance. Thanks for recognizing what they do :)
10:56 When you go to see an african Lion in the zoo and the animal description says "made in China".
The irony of this post is that the dog breed literally originates from China
5:57
💯 I did a lot of hands-on work volunteering at a raptor rescue/rehab facility for a couple years; they had a resident (non-releasable) turkey vulture that was *so* playful and adorable, I loved him! While cleaning aviaries or doing water changes, I would frequently take a little longer with his because we would *have* to play a bit. His favorite vulture games seemed to be (1) hunting for old rat tails on the ground, and (2) catching rat tails/bits of rat 😂 He was so funny though: like a dog bringing their ball to you to play fetch! 😄❤️
Japanese Zoo Worker: "I got tased today in a full body furry suit... It's my job! Not a fetish!"
😂😂😂😂😂
The difference being one's a job, the other's mental sickness.
@@DEFC0NZER0 piss🫙
"but... Maybe.."
@@DEFC0NZER0I will never understand the people who think that harmless cosplay is a mental sickness lol. If its a fetish though, then i agree.
The Panda grimacing story sounds exactly like those videos of kids copying their parents by licking their finger when turning a page or making an ”aahhh” sound after drinking. People seriously underestimate how smart and sentient a lot of animals(besides us) are, just because they can’t communicate in our way.
Nah pandas are stupid they suck at CoD
I've spent a little while hanging around zoos, and if there's one thing I've learned, it's that if you have the time and you want to do something nice for any kind of captive cat, try to visit them somewhat regularly and spend a little longer with them. 'cause it's pretty safe to say cats are very individual beings -- it's how they know themselves, it's how they see other creatures, and it's how they'd prefer to get to know the people around them.
They're watching you even when they don't seem to be -- even when they look like they're asleep, they're often fully aware -- and if you spend enough time with them for them to recognize you as an individual instead of just part of the crowd, they'll probably be very happy to see you.
Just gotta say, binging your vids helped me out of my panic attack today. Thank you for your wholesome work
Prairie dog; “YAHOO!!!”
How could that not be the cutest, funny critter noise ever?
Largest known descriptive vocabulary of any non-human species. Not just funny, but amazing in their own right.
POPPYYYYY!
I love em
@@LokiToxtrocity popppyyyyyyyy
1:07 i'm dutch and deadass, that pronunciation of diergaarde blijdorp is really good! you even got the g sound correctly
Well that’s something, because his pronunciation of “Nottingham” killed the last two northern white rhinos.
Escaping your enclosure just to throw rocks at another ape is just hilarious. Big fella must have really hated Otis 😂
Our zoo in Detroit is actually part of the Przewalski’s horse conservation effort! I remember being super excited seeing them for the first time because the OG Zoo Tycoon taught me about their endangered status.
And our zoo was also one of the first to have enclosures that were more like the animals’ natural habitats, rather than them just being locked in cages
3:50 wow holy shit that lioness actually came to those zookeepers defense against the lion like “yo what’re u doing??”, there that was actually amazing to see wow the intelligence man
It reminded me of a video that Kevin Richardson (The Lion Whisperer) put out a while back. He was sitting in one of the big cat enclosures with a couple big cats. While he is talking to the camera you can see one of them stalking him from behind and another jumped in and saved him before he got hurt. It even took Kevin by surprise.
I worked in the membership department of the Denver Zoo for close to 10 years and got to experience so many different cool encounters with the animals there. Incredible memories! The hard work and dedication of the keepers and vet staff (and their crazy senses of humor) are still an inspiration. It really is love for them. Denver Zoo is heavily involved in conservation efforts throughout the world. I was proud to be a part of that place.
That does it - next time I visit a zoo, I'm definitely gonna make an effort to profusely thank the employees there.
“im not about to catch an age restriction over an over-exposed lipstick dispenser”😭😭😭
I have to point out a brief treasure- at the end with lots of clips included a woman getting yelled at by a walrus, and her face was so funny, unsurprised, and generally unfazed. That was hilarious and I'm glad y'all included it. One of my all time favorite Lord Casual, and I must share with the fans of elephants 🐘 and red pandas in my life!
I work with dogs. The amount of people thinking they´re "connecting" to an animal, while they´re actually pissing them off big time, is absolutely insane to me.
No clue how you can loose connection with nature and common sense like that.
Seeing that all the time when walking our LSGs or Wolfdogs. Every bone of the dog says "stay away" meanwhile random Jenny goes like "i ThInK hE wAnTs mE tO pEt HiM!" lmao
They misinterpret animal behavior, often by seeing it as a simpler version of human interaction.
I _always_ ask if it's okay to touch a dog I don't know. Even the nicest dogs can have bad days, and there are breeds that aren't sociable.
Not to criticize, really only to answer the implied question of: "No clue as to how people loose connection with nature and common sense". It seems to me that any "sense" which *feels* common is one that people are taking for granted. In particular; to say that someone might "loose connection" seems to indicate an assumption that these are attributes that everyone is born with, rather than skills that are developed over time.
Social animals such as dogs and humans are indeed born with a wide array of sophisticated tools that make it easier for them/us to, with practice, build deep intuitions regarding the emotions and intentions of others. For people who are normally doing a lot of this learning during early childhood it can be easy to lose sight of the fact that these intuitions are indeed skills. Skills that they did not always have. Skills which need to be learned, and even to some extent maintained. Yes people really can "loose connection", but I believe that it is by far more common for people to have not fully/properly built those skills in the first place.
I have a very difficult time reading the emotions of animals (including humans). There can be any number of different reasons for social ineptitude; mental disability, phobias (partly cynophobia in my case), various commonly held misconceptions and misinformation, but all that is truly required is the *absence* of practice. Specifically if any animal is thoroughly isolated as a child, than later as an adult it can be very problematic to build any of those intuitions and social skills that most people take for granted. For myself at least, this social ineptitude extends to non-human animals.
However, as you pointed out, where people get into serious trouble is if they somehow don't realize that they are suffering from any of these issues. Not just in failing to make a connection, but in completely and always failing, and yet still always able to operate on the assumption that they have completely succeeded. My persistent fears seem to ensure that I am constantly at least somewhat aware of my own limitations (such as whatever nonsense possessed me to write this apparently four paragraph long RUclips comment).
I don't have a good justification for people that cannot acknowledge their own failings, and thus cannot learn from them (other than that self-reflection is also a skill which people take for granted, and of course the non-existence of free will).
Sorry for the rant, best wishes for the health and happiness of you and all of the dogs that you work with =)
@@888Grim Yeah you´re very likely spot on. It was more of a rhetoric implied question, but if we entertain the idea for a second here, it fits in line with your analysis. I have that with people. I often don´t understand them (as in communication) and half of the time what they´re doing doesn´t make sense to me anyway.
But with animals it´s the polar opposite. For me it´s pretty clear what they´re doing and especially what they don´t want, since they´re usually very direct with how they communicate issues. (There´s exceptions especially in dogs though.)
I guess growing up in a backwards village with more cats than people helped. lol
Don´t worry, I don´t take it personally nor do I mean to disrespect anyone. It´s just something that facinates (and sometimes annoys) me.
Thanks for the nice words at the end, I too
wish you the best of luck and health for the future. :)
@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive I've had cats all my life, and the two that I have now are weirdos. They both live for belly rubs, and will flip over and purr until you pay attention to them. One of the cats gets overstimulated after a bit and will give you a tiny warning bite, but the other one would lie there all day as long as belly rubs were being offered.
People are insanely stupid with how they interact with dogs. It actually blows my mind. I learned a lot living with dogs, and then later on (while I was living with a 160+ lb Rott/German Shephard mix) I sort of accidentally started watching the Dog Whisperer and learned an INCREDIBLE amount from him.
One thing I learned on my own is that a dog will love you to death if you play with it LIKE A DOG. Especially big dogs. Sure, you're going to catch claw or tooth here and there, but you will make them so happy it's ridiculous.
5:48 last time I was at my local zoo I noticed 2 zookeepers looking up into a tree, at first I thought a penguin escaped and climbed it somehow (because it was right next to that enclosure) but it was some sort of exotic bird. My dude was just chillin up there and at one point tried pooping on the zookeepers who were trying their best to get it before it could fly away. Best video I've taken.
6:04 I'm a guy. My heart melted seeing that cheetah approach that person and snuggle up with them. Those cats really need self-esteem boosts.
A lady named lilith told me zoo keeper was the worst job. Under appreciated overworked and you come home smelling like several types animal feces.
Bruh his wordplay during the segment with the "Handsome Gorilla" was honestly the best ever. Also apparently it was recently discovered that komodo dragons have iron tipped teeth.
They have venom and can give you tetanus?!
This is a long story, but here’s a story about the Fresno zoo back in approximately 1960. My older brother and I were seven and nine years old and we’re decked out in our cowboy outfits from head to toe. We were standing at the great ape enclosure, which in those days did not have glass or plexiglass between you and the animals. It was just two layers of cage. This one great ape would smoke cigarettes that were tossed in and blow smoke rings and entertain a large crowd. What’s the crowd was large enough he would take a huge dump, grab a big handful, and fling it at the crowd. We were off to one side, so we avoided getting any on us. You never seen a crowd move so fast! I remember thinking “boy I’m glad none of it got on my new cowboy outfit” Then he laughed hysterically, and did backflips as the people ran away, screaming. When I got older and understood, zoos, which I despise, I don’t blame him a damn bit. L O L.
that lil child and bear jumping up and down together was the cutest sight ever 😭
the learned grimacing behavior of that panda is fucking adorable lmao
Kinda concerning that Polar Bears and Jaguars get excited to see humans…
@@monkiyaz the prey aspect is certainly part of it, but also consider that means they don’t view humans through the lens of a threat so they likely don’t have many concerns about us.
Nothing to see here officer.
why do zoos keep polar bears ??? if that thing escapes everyone is dead, polar bears may be antartic but theyre not chill !!!
Why wouldn’t they get excited about seeing the daily buffet visiting them? Gets them motivated to escape.
they hungy
Ah yes, Ken Allen. Famously known for breaking out of his enclosure multiple times so that he can visit other animals, pose for pictures with visitors and throw rocks at a spiteful orangutan neighbour.
Orangutans are the best ape. They just are. All the species they're just great.
@@darcieclements4880seeing them use tools is both fascinating and terrifying. He can freaking pick a lock and then hide the piece of metal. I can’t even do that in an emergency situation.
4:22 This lion facial expression, more than anything else, is the epitome of the word flabbergasted
4 years of school to do this kind of job. and deal with the crap they do, that's wild. Full respect to zoo keepers bro, God bless ya'll.
9:55 The Columbus Zoo actually *does* have moose. They're surrounded by the only electric fence in the zoo (that I know of)
That’s exactly what I was thinking I live in reynoldsburg and used to got the Columbus zoo all the time. But I couldn’t remember if there was a moose
@@joemama22601 it's on an out of the way path in the North America area. Kinda by where the brown bears are. Easily missed
Love the little note at the end about how zoos are not inherently wrong, the zoo near city took in mostly animals rescued from the pet trade, and had multiple reintroduction projects, it was very inspiring.