sarge wrote:Linna - octopi, nurse sharks, lionfish, stingrays, sea turtles, river turtles, piranha, sea horses, jelly fish, starfish, electric eel, moray eel, electric catfish - among the many types of fishes I worked with.
YAY.
Pretty much all of those are AWESOME.*
What did you do? How did you work with them? except the piranhas; and that's just a personal preference because they are scary.[/size][/quote]
Sorry I missed this. I fed the fish. I cleaned their tanks. Some require hands on interaction.
The two octopi I worked require interaction. Feeding by placing food in plastic containers the open themselves. Julie and I got to hold them. They wrap themselves pretty tight.
The seahorses I got to come to me for food. I held it in tweezers and they came from the bottom of the tank to feed. I am the only one who took the time to do this.
The piranhas are dangerous, but like in the movies. When the keepers were cleaning their tanks I threw shrimp to the other side to distract them.
The electric eel had burned himself. So I had to wake him by banging on his tank. (Never do that BTW). Then I held onto the shrimp and "swim" as if he had live prey. When he bolted for his shrimp I would let it go. Did that a few times til he got better.
Any specifics you want to know just ask.
Loved feeding my sharks. Miss the zoo tremendously. When back from vacation, looking. Into going back every other Friday.
I miss the animals so much. And my friends I worked with.
Well, and packing and stuff. 
Hi, Ananda!
