Ron Magill
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No, they just take the shot, Billy. Somebody's got to hold them, generally speaking, but they take the shot like your kid, you know?
don't usually give the shots there have been some exceptions to that usually it's the veterinarians that do that but um you know i have given shots to rhinos before i've given shots to a giraffe before um i've given shots to crocodiles before Why is that one the ta-da and the other ones were downers?
don't usually give the shots there have been some exceptions to that usually it's the veterinarians that do that but um you know i have given shots to rhinos before i've given shots to a giraffe before um i've given shots to crocodiles before Why is that one the ta-da and the other ones were downers?
It is thick. And what we have to do is we have the crocodile in a type of chute. We put it like in a, it's like a tube. And we have an access to a hole in the tube. So the crocodile just doesn't really much have a choice. I know that sounds kind of cruel, but it's also for the safety of ourselves and the crocodile.
It is thick. And what we have to do is we have the crocodile in a type of chute. We put it like in a, it's like a tube. And we have an access to a hole in the tube. So the crocodile just doesn't really much have a choice. I know that sounds kind of cruel, but it's also for the safety of ourselves and the crocodile.
Exactly. And they're incredibly powerful. So generally speaking, we used to have a transport tube. We made this big, it's like an aluminum tube that has handles on the side that we get the crocodile to come through the tube, and then we hold them in the tube there, and we have access to the sides of the tube to do whatever kinds of treatment we need to do. The rhino?
Exactly. And they're incredibly powerful. So generally speaking, we used to have a transport tube. We made this big, it's like an aluminum tube that has handles on the side that we get the crocodile to come through the tube, and then we hold them in the tube there, and we have access to the sides of the tube to do whatever kinds of treatment we need to do. The rhino?
You know, we use a thinner gauge needle and a rhino, once you're giving him his carrots and giving him his hay, just jack him by the side, it just feels like a mosquito bite to him. So it's not much of a big thing.
You know, we use a thinner gauge needle and a rhino, once you're giving him his carrots and giving him his hay, just jack him by the side, it just feels like a mosquito bite to him. So it's not much of a big thing.
Apparently Lyme disease is not found in these hot, hot climates.
Apparently Lyme disease is not found in these hot, hot climates.
You know, it's not a... It's not a guarantee you're getting Lyme disease by any stretch of the imagination. I mean, I've been in rainforests where I've come back and the ticks are tiny when they get onto you. But when they start gorging themselves with blood is when you realize that they're there.
You know, it's not a... It's not a guarantee you're getting Lyme disease by any stretch of the imagination. I mean, I've been in rainforests where I've come back and the ticks are tiny when they get onto you. But when they start gorging themselves with blood is when you realize that they're there.
And at the risk of giving you too much information, you don't realize until you're in the shower and you start rubbing around, you think, oh my God, what's growing here and what's growing here?
And at the risk of giving you too much information, you don't realize until you're in the shower and you start rubbing around, you think, oh my God, what's growing here and what's growing here?
Because they tend to get in the dark crevices of your body and they expand there and then you realize, oh my God, and then you have to realize you have to be very careful to get them off because you can't pull them off and sometimes their head remains there where the body comes off and that is a portal for infection.
Because they tend to get in the dark crevices of your body and they expand there and then you realize, oh my God, and then you have to realize you have to be very careful to get them off because you can't pull them off and sometimes their head remains there where the body comes off and that is a portal for infection.
Yeah, I think, you know, that's, of course, when the... The spaceship there came back to Earth. Those poor astronauts are up there for eight or nine months. And I think that dolphins are both curious. They're intelligent. They're looking around. It's obviously a new thing in their area here. There's a lot of attention there.
Yeah, I think, you know, that's, of course, when the... The spaceship there came back to Earth. Those poor astronauts are up there for eight or nine months. And I think that dolphins are both curious. They're intelligent. They're looking around. It's obviously a new thing in their area here. There's a lot of attention there.
And I think it's almost like a childlike curiosity that they're checking it out. They're very curious about it.