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There were two Komodo juveniles that I worked with. The first (Mu) is a male, and the second (Neoma) is a female. They're both about 3 or 4 years old.
Mu
Neoma
I spent a couple hours a week target training the komodos, but I didn't get any more pictures b/c it was always in the middle of the day and there were always guests watching (it's really neat to see, 'm not going to lie). Neoma isn't aggressive at all and spent most of her time trying to get into my or another keeper's lap. She loved to be scratched behind her "ear" or along the nape of her neck.
I also spent some time with the gators. I got to train the young juveniles the same way we train the Komodos. This gator was a rescue--I think they said someone was trying to keep him as a pet? His name is Gumbo.
Gumbo
I assisted in training the bigger juveniles, but wasn't supposed to get "too close." The other keepers told me my proximity alert was malfunctioning tho. One of the gators (Lafoo) bit my boot while he was trying to figure out who I am. You can see the toothmarks in the toe. It wasn't a big bite, just a taste.
Gaston and Lafoo
I got to clean up after the adult gators as well as prepare their food.
I don't know their names but here are some pictures of them.
And then there were the snakes. I have some pictures of the anaconda, but the rest of the snakes kept me too busy to take many pictures.
And then I had some encounters with random other creatures not in the herp department.
A male Kudu
I got to feed Jenny the Giraffe
Laughing Kookaburra in our educ. department.
and finally, a screech owl having its omnoms
Mu
Neoma
I spent a couple hours a week target training the komodos, but I didn't get any more pictures b/c it was always in the middle of the day and there were always guests watching (it's really neat to see, 'm not going to lie). Neoma isn't aggressive at all and spent most of her time trying to get into my or another keeper's lap. She loved to be scratched behind her "ear" or along the nape of her neck.
I also spent some time with the gators. I got to train the young juveniles the same way we train the Komodos. This gator was a rescue--I think they said someone was trying to keep him as a pet? His name is Gumbo.
Gumbo
I assisted in training the bigger juveniles, but wasn't supposed to get "too close." The other keepers told me my proximity alert was malfunctioning tho. One of the gators (Lafoo) bit my boot while he was trying to figure out who I am. You can see the toothmarks in the toe. It wasn't a big bite, just a taste.
Gaston and Lafoo
I got to clean up after the adult gators as well as prepare their food.
I don't know their names but here are some pictures of them.
And then there were the snakes. I have some pictures of the anaconda, but the rest of the snakes kept me too busy to take many pictures.
And then I had some encounters with random other creatures not in the herp department.
A male Kudu
I got to feed Jenny the Giraffe
Laughing Kookaburra in our educ. department.
and finally, a screech owl having its omnoms