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Do zookeepers work at night?

2025/4/10
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Nancy Hawks: 动物园管理员有时会在夜间工作,但通常情况下,为了动物的休息,我们不会在夜间安排工作人员。我们希望动物能够像我们一样得到充分的休息,因此在夜间保持安静非常重要。即使是夜行动物,我们也会尽量让它们在夜间休息,通常会调整它们的作息时间,让它们在我们的夜间时间感到困倦。 然而,在一些特殊情况下,我们确实需要夜间工作人员。例如,当动物分娩、生病需要夜间药物治疗、需要频繁喂养的幼鸟(例如人工孵化的鸟类)或需要进行动物间的介绍(例如将新来的猩猩与现有猩猩配对)时,我们会安排工作人员在夜间值班,以确保一切顺利进行。 此外,在紧急情况下,例如停电,我们也需要夜间工作人员来监控孵化器、建筑物的温度等重要设备,以确保动物的安全。值得一提的是,我们使用了大量的摄像头来远程监控动物,因此即使工作人员不在动物园,也可以通过摄像头观察动物的情况。 总的来说,虽然夜间动物园通常非常安静祥和,但我们会在必要时安排工作人员在夜间工作,以确保动物的健康和安全。

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The episode starts with Penelope, a pygmy marmoset, describing a peaceful night at the zoo. She's unable to sleep due to an empty water bowl, prompting her to question the nighttime routines of zookeepers.
  • Zoo is peaceful at night
  • Pygmy marmoset's water bowl is empty

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If you go to the zoo during the day - you can see that things are hopping! Animals are being cared for, people are milling about, and there’s a lot of action to observe. But what happens at night? Who takes care of the animals then? Or is everyone just sleeping? We asked Nancy Hawkes, Director of Animal Care at Woodland Park Zoo to help us find the answer.

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