My biggest question is: Do they not have people that just work exclusively with snakes? I know that one of them was the herpetology Manager or something, but everyday workers that the snakes know and potentially trust?
@@raulvargas4154 That is because he is actually trained to handle venomous reptiles, and has built a relationship with his animals. But seriously they were setting that snake off with how jumpy they were
This show shows that zoos are more interesting than they seem to the casual visitor. I love to see the training they do to help take care of the animals.
They forgot the most dangerous animal for keepers to work with: The Elephant. “Historically elephants are responsible for more injuries and deaths in zoos than any of the other animals.” - Ron Magill, Director, Zoo Miami. Also, I’m a zookeeper for over 4 years, (currently an elephant keeper for a zoo’s conservation center) and I know firsthand how dangerous they can be and prior to starting my job, I knew a few keepers at my old zoo who had friends who worked with elephants at other zoos and I heard quite a few stories.. 😅
@@amandasnider2644 It’s a combination of all those reasons you mentioned. Because of their size and immense strength alone they can accidentally injure or even kill a human without wanting to. And bull elephants represent a bigger threat then females since they’re bigger, stronger, and tend to be more aggressive, ESPECIALLY when they go into musth. Musth is an annual temporary condition in bull elephants when their hormone and testosterone levels rise as much as 60 times higher then normal. The end result is highly aggressive behavior even to other elephants, bulls in musth have even been known to attack females whether or not they’re in season. It’s tough to research and investigate it more because of how violent they can get towards humans and other elephants. This is why most zoos typically have females for this reason, sometimes one breeding bull. Also throughout the history of elephants in zoos, keepers worked with elephants in free contact (sharing the same physical space with them). Today almost all zoos have their elephant keepers work in protected contact, bars and barriers between them and the animals to help reduce injuries and deaths.
@@sbalian1 I suppose it'd be too "wasteful" to chemically castrate a male elephant (If that's even possible). I've heard that major surgeries are impossible on elephants because of the sutures and weight combo. But because Elephant numbers are low we'd want more of them right? It's too bad because neutering seems like it'd solve a major safety problem.
Amur tigers, most actually call them Siberian tigers are what I think she meant.What idiot calls them amber tigers, never seen that anywhere except here in this video about american zoos, in europe and uk zoos, and all the articles and books, I’ve never before seen them called amber tigers.It doesn’t even make sense, all tigers are amber colour, amber being orange.And yes, siberian tigers are huge, and biggest living tiger species, but until the 1980’s and early 1990’s, we had a even larger species of tiger that roamed from Ukraine and east Europe to Lake Baikal, and was still in Turkey very late into 20th century.It was called the caspian tiger and dna evidence strongly suggests it was a subspecies from the siberian tiger.
Its most likely a back pen where the keepers and train with them, give them some enrichment items, and were vets could easily tranq them if needed. That's not the tiger's main habitiat.
As a zookeeper myself, let me shed some light on your thoughts! That’s not their main exhibit/habitat, that’s a back pen to their night quarters so the tigers can get some fresh air and sunlight when they’re not on exhibit to the public. There, keepers can more easily examine them, train them, give them various enrichment items, if they’re recovering from a medical procedure they can get some air while vets and keepers monitor them till they’re completely recovered, etc. Now their main habitat is a 3 acre exhibit with different features meant to represent the forests of Asia. There they have trees for shade, to scent mark and use as scratching posts, a small bamboo forest area, temperature controlled pads and rocks should they want a warm or cool spot to lay down, and a 10,000 gallon pool for them to drink from and swim in or even hunt in as their pool is home to a few fish species. These tigers get the highest standard of care from their keepers and live the good life!
Last time I went there was seven years ago. Next time I go I want to try to get through the whole zoo because there’s always been a couple exhibits I’ve had to miss.
It's like when a child has to go to a hospital for a booster shot, and we all were those kids hated getting booster shots. Or when you bring your pet to the vet. Pets hate going to the vet.
Those are actually natural behaviors that the keepers put on cue so they can more easily take care of the animals. It’s easy to mistake them for tricks though.
I felt extraordinary passionate among these beauties; Tiger's are incredible jungle warriors, Cobras rulers of the reptilian underworld, Gorillas one of the legendary muscle-men, Polar Bears fearsome camouflaging hunters, and Grizzly Bears looking cuddly and furry but one of nature's deadliest strong mammals. We better understand what they're really comfortable of and choosing our thoughts more carefully before risks they going to commit can be dangerously lethal.
I just luv these animals 😭😭😭 I wish i had a job in the from a zoo keeper to a veterinarian so that i could watch them all the day take care of them n shower loads of luv to them !! They r just incredibly beautiful creatures omg 😭😭😭 i wanna give them so many hugs !! I wish i could a get a chance once in my lyf to take care of them understand them n get to know lots of knowledge abt each n every animal n i would luv them more than myself !!
@@tacosalesman7544 yeah, that’s if! They can even find food. With climate change and other variables it makes it extremely difficult for animals like the polar bear to hunt. Most times they die off due to no food
they aren't eating seals so they're diet has way less fat. Without that fat they wouldn't be able to survive, but in the zoo it's warm so the fat would actually be bad. Because they're skinny, they can live in San Diego.
I am just saying the Steve Irwin if faced with that crocodile, he would’ve thought it was a walk in the park; just considering he has caught 6 feet salt water crocodiles by himself
They do these animals are in the back areas as these are extra indoor and outdoor spaces made available to the animals that the keepers have private access to so they can do one on one training with the animals. For example the tiger there can have up to three extra available spaces they can move between as well as a indoor habitat and outdoor habitat.
After watching countless videos of Steve Irwin and Tim Faulkner catching crocs and snakes along with other Australian wildlife videos I feel these keepers should watch those videos and see the correct way to catch a croc and snakes
Steve was absolutely amazing g at what he did no doubt, but I wouldn’t suggest his methods of snake handling to be a regulated method used by the AZA As while his method allowed for more control of the animal, it also came at a big risk. And with the crocodile handling, I have seen AZA zoos adopt some of Steve’s techniques as they are truly revolutionary, but they can be a bit situational is in spaces like that indoor habitat the room for people to preform the necessary steps is limited unless they were to get in the water with the croc which is a big nono lol.
i always thought it would be cool to be a zoo keeper who's been taking care of the animals since birth, like ah yes that there is a dangerous man eating predator but it's also my son
These guys have a limited amount of energy they will expel when you fist handle them and as they calm down they will slow their movement and chill for a hour or two making them easier to work with. So they just go slow and steady with the animal, and if the animal is hesitant to do what they need it to do at first they just work around it as it benefits them to give the snake time to chill out anyways.
Why the hell are you making him perform to eat?? What was the reason for that? This isn’t the circus. Just feed him lady. They don’t need to be trained by humans. Just feed them and stfu.
Poor tiger in the barren enclosure. That’s criminal. The chick trying to teach him dog tricks. She is despicable. They want to make sure they are interactive. Look at that square desolate enclosure!!!! ughh these people
This didn’t the primary habitat, it is a outdoor space that is part of a complex of spaces that make up its full habitat. The primary habitat is larger and more enriching, this is a extra space. And the “tricks” are a series of behaviors invented by animal welfare experts and animal behavioralist that are meant to socialize the animal to humans as well as allow keepers to look over the animal for examination, and administering any needed medication treatment. It’s also all completely voluntary on the animals part, they literally choose when they feel like they want to do this sort of thing.
A lot of zoos will work with certain places to acquire full prey items for predators to break down. One of my local AZA zoos got a whole animal for their lions to break down like they would so they could exhibit some social feeding behaviors.
You have deprived them of freedom and the environment. Now you want them to fight to death ,for your Entertreitment. For sure ,you must be a good person full of compassion ,empathy and fairness.
I agree that currently, polar bears are struggling in the wild. The word "thrive" means to me that the animal's mental, social, environmental, and physical needs are being met. Captivity does not provide this!
@@collinwebb5831 I would argue that, extensive research into the mental health of captive polar bears have been done and studies show that in large modern facilities like this their mental welfare is often better than wild. This so because they have less biological signs of things like chronic stress in their tests. Also as far as physical welfare goes we know that they live quite a bit longer in human care than they do in the wild.
@@collinwebb5831 polar bears live especially harsh lives, I know a lot of people think that animals travel what they do for some physically based reason, but in reality it’s often out of desperation for resources in habitats that have little available. With polar bears we can see that if they Sheba reliable food source they will stay near a specific area their entire life.
It’s not the main habitat it’s a small area for enrichment and exams of the animals. It’s also like a little sleeping place if they are sick or if they need to get away from all the people. The main enclosure is way larger with mostly everything they would have in the wild.
These animals are called “dangerous” but we made them that way. We forced them to live in cages and domesticated them. We need to stop this and let them live their own lives. Surely our amusement is less of a concern compared to these animals lives
In a lot of cases these animals are either rescued or born into captivity. In both cases they can't survive on their own. Without zoos and seeing these animals face to face we wouldn't be able to bring awareness to their problems in the wild. Most of American Zoos treat their animals very well.
ashley megan the problem is the zoo’s message is really not what it seems to be I mean they making a lot more money which can be used to actually EDUCAtE these people but all they doing is making them buy some gorilla cuddly toy. I mean am I wrong?
Serena Cutie if they were released into a recovery centre and then taken to a monitored part of the wild I’m sure no one would be hurt. Besides the reason people are being attacked is because we are entering their habitat and are threatening them. We are the problem not them
All of the merchandise that is purchased in the stores and all the tickets people buy to see these animals are put towards the zoos in order to care for the animals? You say don't support zoos but what happens if these animals are released after not ever being in the wild. They will die. how is that any better? If people stop supporting these zoos they may go out of business and then what happens when no one can afford to take care of them? Around zoos at all the zoos I have been to they have educational plaques to explain about these animals. Are there terrible zoos out there? Yes but we should be forcing them to take care of these animals correctly. Not just release them.
ashley megan that is a very valid point and I totally understand where your coming from but you must understand we put those animals in that position. We domesticated them so now there hunting skills are not what they should be. That is our fault. However they should be sent to an nature reserve where only they are taken care of in large pieces of land which they deserve. I mean in England there a zoo where the lions are kept in a cage which is the size of a child’s playground and doesn’t even suit there environment. We need to begin to understand that if we continue this we may imprint of the animals entire species just like we did to dogs and this isn’t fair what so ever.
