keeper Archives - CuriOdyssey

CuriOdyssey Keeper Apprentice Blog 2018

By CuriOdyssey | Sat November 10, 2018

The Organized Ramblings of a Wildlife Keeper Apprentice by Carissa SullivanLee, 2018 CuriOdyssey Keeper Apprentice ♦♦♦♦♦♦ As I sit here gathering my many thoughts, I find myself stumbling over all of the…

From A Keeper Apprentice

By CuriOdyssey | Wed September 20, 2017

“It’s always easy to have your heart stolen by the animals you work with, but at CuriOdyssey it was just as easy to have the keepers steal it too.” Please…

Three Lessons of a Wildlife Apprentice

By CuriOdyssey | Thu September 19, 2013

It will be difficult to capture in a few brief paragraphs all that I’ve learned during my time as apprentice at CuriOdyssey. When I first walked into Coyote Point two…

Aviary Update

By CuriOdyssey | Thu July 18, 2013

Visitors may have noticed that CuriOdyssey’s Walk-Through Aviary has been closed at various times for the past month. This is because our cattle egrets recently reached sexually maturity and have…

Have you enriched today?

By CuriOdyssey | Mon June 17, 2013

Enrichment is a word with which we’re probably all familiar. Simply put, it’s adding a little spice to your day, task, or object. Little did I know that three months…

Overlapping Wildlife at CuriOdyssey

By CuriOdyssey | Sat May 4, 2013

Although CuriOdyssey is home to many exhibit and education animals, did you know that our animal keepers encounter interesting wildlife outside of our collection everyday? One of the benefits to…

Year of the Sssnake!

By CuriOdyssey | Tue February 19, 2013

According to Chinese Zodiac, February 10th marks the year of the snake for 2013. Snakes are often misunderstood by people, but CuriOdyssey aims to educate visitors about why snakes should…

Animal Keepers Want to Know – What’s that Animal Saying?

By CuriOdyssey | Thu December 20, 2012

CuriOdyssey’s animal keepers may not always know what our animals are thinking, but observing body language can help a keeper figure out what an animal is trying to “say” to…

So what’s animal "enrichment" anyway?

By CuriOdyssey | Fri April 8, 2011

When you visit CuriOdyssey, you might hear our animal keepers talk about how we provide “enrichment” to our animals. But what exactly is enrichment, you might ask? Enrichment is what…