Ron Magill

The thing comes out of the water and it's so huge. It's so amazing. It's exhilarating. I don't think that, you know, I don't feel like, for instance, oh my God, we're going to die. I never feel fear. It's one of these things where you just feel, wow, just absolute wow.

I've seen it happen very close. It has happened. It has happened where a whale has hit a boat coming up. But it's so profound. They're profoundly rare, guys. I mean, these whales are usually generally very aware of what's above them. They know what's going on. They avoid those types of things.

I've seen it happen very close. It has happened. It has happened where a whale has hit a boat coming up. But it's so profound. They're profoundly rare, guys. I mean, these whales are usually generally very aware of what's above them. They know what's going on. They avoid those types of things.

But sometimes they get so caught up in the feeding that they may get caught up, especially if you're in something like a small kayak or something like that. Certainly there's an issue there. There's a potential danger there. But it's incredibly rare. I mean, this is like, you know, forget about it. Don't even think about it. Much more likely to get struck by lightning.

But sometimes they get so caught up in the feeding that they may get caught up, especially if you're in something like a small kayak or something like that. Certainly there's an issue there. There's a potential danger there. But it's incredibly rare. I mean, this is like, you know, forget about it. Don't even think about it. Much more likely to get struck by lightning.

Oh, geez. Boom, boom, boom.

Oh, geez. Boom, boom, boom.

Well, I'll tell you, you know, years ago, probably 20 something years ago, we had some some of our ambassador show birds stolen out of the amphitheater. Somebody broke into the amphitheater, bypassed the alarm system and stole these birds. And, you know, the thought comes to mind right away. There's a huge black market for these animals. These were our talking parrots that did the shows.

Well, I'll tell you, you know, years ago, probably 20 something years ago, we had some some of our ambassador show birds stolen out of the amphitheater. Somebody broke into the amphitheater, bypassed the alarm system and stole these birds. And, you know, the thought comes to mind right away. There's a huge black market for these animals. These were our talking parrots that did the shows.

They were kind of our stars of the show. There's a huge black market for that. These small emperor tamarins also have a huge black market. As a matter of fact, that's one of the reasons they're threatened in the wild is because they're, you know, raped out of the jungle and sold as pets. And they do not make good pets. People don't understand that.

They were kind of our stars of the show. There's a huge black market for that. These small emperor tamarins also have a huge black market. As a matter of fact, that's one of the reasons they're threatened in the wild is because they're, you know, raped out of the jungle and sold as pets. And they do not make good pets. People don't understand that.

look at the picture they go oh my god they're so cute these emperor tamarins have these huge long white like mustaches that come out and they are adorable to look at they're absolutely incredibly looking uh animals but they don't make good pets and you know anybody who thinks you know if it's one of these extremists oh i'm just gonna set them free because they deserve to be free well no you might have condemned it to death by letting it out dallas in 30 degree weather

look at the picture they go oh my god they're so cute these emperor tamarins have these huge long white like mustaches that come out and they are adorable to look at they're absolutely incredibly looking uh animals but they don't make good pets and you know anybody who thinks you know if it's one of these extremists oh i'm just gonna set them free because they deserve to be free well no you might have condemned it to death by letting it out dallas in 30 degree weather

Well, that's a hard one. That really is a hard one. You know, I would go probably our first MVP is going to be the gold is, well, let's start with the bronze. The bronze is going to be Goliath, the Galapagos tortoise, because he's an animal that is the oldest animal in the zoo. He's over 100 years old.

Well, that's a hard one. That really is a hard one. You know, I would go probably our first MVP is going to be the gold is, well, let's start with the bronze. The bronze is going to be Goliath, the Galapagos tortoise, because he's an animal that is the oldest animal in the zoo. He's over 100 years old.

He's one of the animals that, you know, select guests can go in and meet him and touch him and scratch his neck. He likes his neck.

He's one of the animals that, you know, select guests can go in and meet him and touch him and scratch his neck. He likes his neck.

So that makes a big impression. So he would get the bronze. I'm going with the silver.

So that makes a big impression. So he would get the bronze. I'm going with the silver.

guess it's going to be barani barani's our male sumatran tiger and it's that first impression you know it's the first main exhibit on the right hand side that big tiger temple and when you look at barani and his massiveness and his strength that that leaves a really good first impression of coming to the zoo but i'm going to give the gold to malcolm the giraffe yeah because malcolm is the giraffe that'll come right up to that feeding platform stick out that 20 inch tongue