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The best confetti.

Incognito.

was one of the most beautiful things in the world. You’re amazing, Stetson. I only wish I had a video to share that would do you justice.

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin; here comes the (apparently) mind-blowing part: I worked AT the Milwaukee County Zoo but I was working FOR the World Bird Sanctuary - we (the trainers and birds) traveled to the zoo for six months over the summer to do shows.

The theatre we were using was located in the “Family Farm” or the children’s zoo…of sorts. There was virtually nothing of extreme interest there, just some goats, some cows, a playground, a building with assorted animals such as chickens, ducks, cats and small rodents. And us. We were fairly isolated (which is fine) but I didn’t get to see most of the zoo, so I knew very little of the layout save for “cows are here”.

Now, after about the third “I don’t know where the reptiles are - but your map probably does” most people would finally acknowledge that I was just as clueless as they were and would finally refer to their map.

If you happen to be one of the many grossly overweight women in the velour track suits or bad sun-dresses toting around 2+ equally overweight children and demanding to know where the ice cream stand is…the map isn’t good enough. You must be escorted by a zoo employee (or bird show trainer) to the ice cream stand and, preferably, to the front of the line to receive complimentary ice cream and drinks for your trouble.

Ironically, it was usually the same people that asked stupid questions (yes, there are stupid questions) about the birds.

I can honestly say that I’m shocked at how many people don’t know the correct name for a bald eagle. I was under the impression that most American children that have gone through kindergarten knew that a bald eagle was, in fact, called a bald eagle and not an “American Eagle”.

 

“Yes, ma’am, they were extinct but through the miracle of cloning using blood from fossilized mosquitoes and filling in the gene sequence gaps with amphibian DNA we were able to bring them back to life.”

DERP.

Do you know the difference between endangered and extinct? I didn’t think so…

(As a side note, bald eagles aren’t endangered anymore, either - there’s about 15,000 breeding pairs in the US.)

‘Shmallow and me. We’re kind of awesome.

Also, I’ll add more bird show pictures when I finish figuring tumblr out.