Africam - INTRODUCING MY HIPPOS - Comments

I would love to be a docent

Zasu — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:59:32 -0800

I would love to be a docent at a decent zoo but there is nothing here in Vancouver. If I had life to do all over again, I would have been a zookeeper. I worked in a petting zoo for thirteen years, which was wonderful, but wild animals would be waaaaay cool.

I tried to include a fun hippo picture but I don't know what the URL would be.

I forgot to tell you that

Emjay — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:12:00 -0700

I forgot to tell you that our SENIOR hippo, Cleo, is now 50 years old.. supposedly the oldest hippo in captivity! The normal life expectancy in a zoo is 35. Life expectancy in Hawaii is HIGH! She use to harass the 2 youngsters when they were small, so now they harass her, and are never put on display at the same time. As you can imagine, Cleo is HUGE! She goes out to the pool at night, when the "kids" are in the sleeping quarters, so you have to be there early in the morning to catch a glimpse of the poor old girl!

Malama pono a hui hou

Emjay — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:11:05 -0700

Malama pono a hui hou means.. take care until we meet again!I'm seriously thinking of going back to do more volunteer work at the zoo... spending too much time on the computer!

thanks for the pics and

Gerda — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:07:08 -0700

thanks for the pics and story Emjay.

that must have been nice for you to see them again after such a long time.

Just curious, what does this mean ? Malama pono A Hui Hou

Great story Emjay, you

cerinthe — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:30:57 -0700

Great story Emjay, you should tell us more about your adventures at the zoo.

INTRODUCING MY HIPPOS

Emjay — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:26:10 -0700

While I was a docent at the Honolulu Zoo, the hippos was one of my favorite stations. When I started, "Rosie" was 2 years old, and "Weezie" (Louise) was introduced to the group as a 6 mo old baby. They are now 16 and 17. We had our Annual Meeting tonight, and were treated to a behind the scenes tour, including the hippo sleeping quarters. The 1st pic shows Rosie yawning (we woke her up). In the 2nd pic, she has put her chin against the bars to have it scratched. No one did... they were scared.