Jungle Jack Hanna had a two hour presentation complete with some short film, a chat, and animals from the Dallas Zoo.
Hanna is the Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo, where he was a zookeeper who helped change how zoos are run. He's a conservationist, television personality, and author - working hard to bring awareness to wildlife conservation. He's now 72.
He was interesting, amusing, and could laugh at himself, including a blooper reel for us to see.
The animals he presented via the Dallas Zoo were boas, porcupine from South America, a sloth, and more. The grand finale was a cheetah - wow! Beautiful creature. The young lady zookeepers/animal handlers did a great job.
Best laugh was watching them try to get the sloth from its tree limb into its cage. The slot moved "fast", evading their efforts.
I enjoy the "wild" in our own backyard - i.e. Arlington and its University bringing speakers and sharing education with the public.
Hanna is always enjoyable to watch. I didn't realize he was that old though. He doesn't act it.
ReplyDeleteHe moves well and is energetic. A bit of the talk could be disjointed and vague - seemed a bit "old". But he was fun!
DeleteI bet it was fun watching the sloth. Those are popular animals in children's books these days.
ReplyDeletethe sloth was slow cool, and the cheetah was lean potential fast. So sleek
DeleteI'm sure he was great to listen to. I have seen him before at the Columbus Zoo and have heard much about him since I live in Ohio. He has always been a strong supporter of wildlife. He was always fun to watch on the late night talk shows too.
ReplyDeleteIndeed - and he's done a lot of good work for conservation. Your zoos are obviously leaders.
Deletehaha watching the sloth sounds like fun
ReplyDeletethey are unique creatures, that's for sure
DeleteWow! Getting over your aversion to animals are ya?
ReplyDeleteHanna is a cool dude, and I'm glad you got to hear him speak. And hey! Seventy-two isn't all that old!