Zoo camp:day 2

So today in zoo camp we went to see the gorillas,the alligators,and the penguins. We were supposed to ride the Montreal,but it broke down. We got to see Chile, a Parrot from South America(hahahahaha! get it????? Chile from South America!!!!hehehe-oh whatever)

We learned about the job researches. Another name for them are zoologist. They study the behaviors of certain animals,like pacing. If an animal is pacing that usually mean they are stressed. Not all the time,but mostly. To measure stress level in humans,you can take blood from yourself. However you can't really do that to an animal,so you have to get it from.......urine!!! Or even better.......poop!!! We went to go do some 'research' on the elephants: Jenny and Gypsy. We would watch what they would do and record it.(in the heat of the 2:00 sun) Then we analyzed are data. That consisted of A LOT of math,and if math is something you'd rather die than do(like me) than a zoologist should not be on your "things I want to be when I grow up" list. Here are some things about zoologists:

• need a masters or bachelors degree in biology
• need to be good at math
• get $45,000 or more a year(yes that can mean a million)

The penguins are African penguins that can live in heat for those of you who were wondering. At our zoo we have 4 gorillas 2 female 2 male........or it might be only 1 male. There is one male named Patrick who has a past of banging on the glass,freaking out people who are there. There are a lot of alligators,but we only saw 3. They do have a albino alligator!

I'll try to write more tomorrow!

EJ