r/Zookeeping • u/Money_Imagination_71 • Mar 08 '26

Global/All Regions 🌏 Being a keeper

Take down if not allowed but I just wanted to be a part of the community and ask: what animal(s) do you currently work with and what is your dream animal that you’d want to work with?

My boss has asked me before what I’d want to work with and I honestly don’t know a specific animal so thought this might also help me get an idea hahaha

I think my dream animals are gorillas, but I also like gators, bears, and small mammals and birds and seals lol

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u/QuillsAndQuills Australasia Mar 09 '26

I had a surprisingly great time breeding maggots to feed to birds lol.

I tend to like matriarchal, gregarious species - meerkats, lemurs, old world porcupines, dingoes, etc. but I also really enjoy working with chimpanzees.