Ever wondered what it would be like to be eaten by a Lion. Well, take a look at the video's below and get up close and personal to a piece of meat while it's being eaten by a Lioness!
Warning. Graphic sounds and vision.
Listen to the crunching bones and watch Josie's pleasure at such a succulent morsel.
We are so lucky to be able to witness such incredible things at such close proximity to our animals. It's also a great pleasure to share what we see and do. Hope you enjoy the video.
No underpants were soiled in the making of this video. :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZyYGiORbQY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5TxtCD-IZw&feature=youtu.be
Saturday, 7 February 2015
Friday, 6 February 2015
Show and tell.
Had another day of lecturing to a bunch of
studes today. It's always rewarding when a room full of people actually
sit and listen to what you have to say and are genuinely interested in
the subject. Even if that subject can sometimes cause controversy. A
good lesson.
Also went through more pictures for more promotional stuff. Zazu the Rhea is about to become famous! Watch this space. And the Meerkats had a box of balls to play in. See video :-)
In other news. Somewhere, someone has done something! Sums that up really.
The Cats are going a bit bonkers tonight, racing about the place like it's a race track. Pinched my corned beef too, little buggers!
I decided to swap the bed for a trampoline.... The missus hit the roof!
Aardvarks.
Check this out for some Meerkat Mayhem! Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYapxg1XKeA
Also went through more pictures for more promotional stuff. Zazu the Rhea is about to become famous! Watch this space. And the Meerkats had a box of balls to play in. See video :-)
In other news. Somewhere, someone has done something! Sums that up really.
The Cats are going a bit bonkers tonight, racing about the place like it's a race track. Pinched my corned beef too, little buggers!
I decided to swap the bed for a trampoline.... The missus hit the roof!
Aardvarks.
Check this out for some Meerkat Mayhem! Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYapxg1XKeA
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Past and present
Still working on archiving my photo's and videos collected over the past 30 years of working with animals. Found some great video of news stories and promotional stuff. So much done and so many changes. Great to see and some are very emotive. If your lucky i may post a few pictures! You need only ask.
Back to the present. The response to my blog has been great. Many well wishers and requests to keep it going. So many daily views from literally all over the world. USA, Australia, Indonesia and Cayman Islands! Plus many European countries. Never thought for one minute it would go that far. So if your reading this, i thank you, and the countless others, for taking the time to read. I hope i will continue to entertain you. Please feel free to share them also. Much appreciated.
Enough of the serious stuff.
Watched 'RUSH' last night. A truly great film with great music. Totally recommend it. Rush out and buy it now.
and..
My mate has been thrown out of a nudist camp because he wasn't jumping high enough during leapfrog!
Have a good day all :-)
Back to the present. The response to my blog has been great. Many well wishers and requests to keep it going. So many daily views from literally all over the world. USA, Australia, Indonesia and Cayman Islands! Plus many European countries. Never thought for one minute it would go that far. So if your reading this, i thank you, and the countless others, for taking the time to read. I hope i will continue to entertain you. Please feel free to share them also. Much appreciated.
Enough of the serious stuff.
Watched 'RUSH' last night. A truly great film with great music. Totally recommend it. Rush out and buy it now.
and..
My mate has been thrown out of a nudist camp because he wasn't jumping high enough during leapfrog!
Have a good day all :-)
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Blast from the past
Today i have spent approximately 10 hours going through my photo library and putting it on to a hard drive for safe keeping.
To see what i have been up to over the past 30 years is so cool. Pictures of myself working with animals i had forgotten i worked with was an eye opener!
I feel blessed to have done so much with so many people in so many different ways and with so many different animals. Elephant, Rhino, Giraffe, Lion, Tiger, Cheetah, Addax, Wildebeast, Zebra, Samba, Barasingha, Ostrich, African Hunting Dog, Bears, even Killer Whale, Sealion and Dolphin, to name a small proportion, have crossed my path during an epic life of animal care.
Thank god for photographs!
Long may i be able to continue my work. Shame people get in the way! lol.
Todays joke. 'What's the difference between a Duck?.... One of it's legs are both the same.'
Enjoy your life, we only get one shot.
Thanks for reading.
To see what i have been up to over the past 30 years is so cool. Pictures of myself working with animals i had forgotten i worked with was an eye opener!
I feel blessed to have done so much with so many people in so many different ways and with so many different animals. Elephant, Rhino, Giraffe, Lion, Tiger, Cheetah, Addax, Wildebeast, Zebra, Samba, Barasingha, Ostrich, African Hunting Dog, Bears, even Killer Whale, Sealion and Dolphin, to name a small proportion, have crossed my path during an epic life of animal care.
Thank god for photographs!
Long may i be able to continue my work. Shame people get in the way! lol.
Todays joke. 'What's the difference between a Duck?.... One of it's legs are both the same.'
Enjoy your life, we only get one shot.
Thanks for reading.
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Cats, Meerkats and hats!
Today was a good day. I did another talk to a group of students on capture and restraint, and not one of them needed restraining! So i guess they were captured by it. T'was a good talk.
Plenty of snow around today too. Took a bit of clearing to make it safe for the visitors and then the sun did the rest. Thanks sun. Where were you when i was shovelling!
Built a ball pit and filled it with plastic balls and mealworms and chucked it in with the Meerkats. They totally loved it. Searching for the mealworms in a box of balls turned out to be a bundle of fun that kept them going for ages. We filmed it too so we can share it with you all. The film will be out soon and i will post a link so you can see it.
We also got a large cat tree from a colleague and i put it together this evening. Within 30 seconds of placing it the Cats were on it. They are loving it. No video for this event. Sorry.
Now for the hats....... There aren't any. No hats were worn in the writing of this blog. No video of no hats are available either.
Thank you for reading. Please feel free to share these blogs. I'd like to beat my personal best for a days viewing of loads of views. Comment too if you like. I'd be interested to hear your views. :-)
Trilby.
Plenty of snow around today too. Took a bit of clearing to make it safe for the visitors and then the sun did the rest. Thanks sun. Where were you when i was shovelling!
Built a ball pit and filled it with plastic balls and mealworms and chucked it in with the Meerkats. They totally loved it. Searching for the mealworms in a box of balls turned out to be a bundle of fun that kept them going for ages. We filmed it too so we can share it with you all. The film will be out soon and i will post a link so you can see it.
We also got a large cat tree from a colleague and i put it together this evening. Within 30 seconds of placing it the Cats were on it. They are loving it. No video for this event. Sorry.
Now for the hats....... There aren't any. No hats were worn in the writing of this blog. No video of no hats are available either.
Thank you for reading. Please feel free to share these blogs. I'd like to beat my personal best for a days viewing of loads of views. Comment too if you like. I'd be interested to hear your views. :-)
Trilby.
Monday, 2 February 2015
More snow and a lecture.
So, after all the hard work on Sunday clearing snow, only for it to melt after a couple of hours. It came back tonight with a mini vengeance! It snowed for 40 minutes and managed to cover the entire zoo and surrounding area with around two to three inches. Yet just a few short miles away it is clear. Love the snow but it's a real pain to work and drive in. (unless you have a 4x4 hehe).
Today i talked to our students in a lesson about capture and restraint of wild animals. A very good lesson and enjoyable to do. They asked some very intelligent questions and we debated well. Show and tell was funny and cool also. It's great to share experiences with the newbies.
In other news..... My mate was telling me how he'd had sex with his missus on the freezer yesterday! Unfortunately they got caught, and now they've been banned from Iceland!
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to see it, does a Bear shit in the woods?
Parsley.
Today i talked to our students in a lesson about capture and restraint of wild animals. A very good lesson and enjoyable to do. They asked some very intelligent questions and we debated well. Show and tell was funny and cool also. It's great to share experiences with the newbies.
In other news..... My mate was telling me how he'd had sex with his missus on the freezer yesterday! Unfortunately they got caught, and now they've been banned from Iceland!
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to see it, does a Bear shit in the woods?
Parsley.
Sunday, 1 February 2015
Snow time
So today the snow came today. We had a bit of cover across the zoo this morning. Enough to need to clear to allow safe passage for our visitors. Dartmoor had more. Staff scraped the ice and put down sand where needed. Job done with no effects to the zoo, except it's freezing out there!
Just to make things interesting we had two tons of meat to cut, weigh and bag! Deep joy!..... Not. We did get a load of clearing up done by a load of useful volunteers. Thanks guys.
Now then, about my chips and curry sauce! Last night's epic munch was finally removed today! I won't go in to detail but it was gooood! No idea what tonight has in store. Cheese rolls no doubt.
On the look out for more snow over the next few days. If it gets too bad i'll be stopping at the zoo again! Glad I got a 4x4.
In the words of that great philosopher 'Feck, arse, drink, girls!'
Just been offered a chip butty. See ya.
Just to make things interesting we had two tons of meat to cut, weigh and bag! Deep joy!..... Not. We did get a load of clearing up done by a load of useful volunteers. Thanks guys.
Now then, about my chips and curry sauce! Last night's epic munch was finally removed today! I won't go in to detail but it was gooood! No idea what tonight has in store. Cheese rolls no doubt.
On the look out for more snow over the next few days. If it gets too bad i'll be stopping at the zoo again! Glad I got a 4x4.
In the words of that great philosopher 'Feck, arse, drink, girls!'
Just been offered a chip butty. See ya.
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