Getting ready to watch Duran Duran for free from the top of a parking deck downtown.
Have fun!
Thanks! I'll try to post a pic later if I can get a good spot. We scoped out the parking deck earlier this week and it should be a great view...for a free show anyway!! He he
Watching a video on the benefits of using operant conditioning, and individual psychology in modern Zoos. I have always had issues with Zoos, because they took wild animals and shuttled them about til a spot opened in a Zoo; that Animal usually died there. Zoos were stressful, and while they tried to make it as close to their natural habitat as possible, modern studies showed humans were anywhere from 50-90% of the animals' stress. In the last 20 years, Zoos has been utilizing in-house breeding programs, and conditioned patterning. Then they began to open up the parameters of the patterning process, by allowing visitors to see healthy offspring that were successfully patterned on their handlers.
This desensitized the herds faster, and within 10 years of just those two programs.. the stress level dropped to much lower statistics.. though the three studies I've read on this, vary greatly from what this video claims.. but still the average stress level dropped significantly!! And now they are using target patterns and voice patterns. ( vocal commands; operant conditioning) to make vet visits, and overall necessary routine handling requirements. Safer and less stressful for both handlers and animals alike.They are still studying the effectiveness of these techniques.. but it looks to me like they are making the interaction engaging for the species individually.. this makes me happy.. because Zoos really are an effective education tool.. but man.. how long did THAT ( making this whole thing less stressful to the animals) take us??
Watching the pilot of the MST3K reboot that leaked for those who donated a lot to Kickstarter. Found it on suprbay's Rifftrax forums. The first movie riffed is Reptilicus.
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8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
Hope you stick around for a while again!
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
I am watching Whose Line is it Anyway??
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
In the last 20 years, Zoos has been utilizing in-house breeding programs, and conditioned patterning. Then they began to open up the parameters of the patterning process, by allowing visitors to see healthy offspring that were successfully patterned on their handlers.
This desensitized the herds faster, and within 10 years of just those two programs.. the stress level dropped to much lower statistics.. though the three studies I've read on this, vary greatly from what this video claims.. but still the average stress level dropped significantly!! And now they are using target patterns and voice patterns. ( vocal commands; operant conditioning) to make vet visits, and overall necessary routine handling requirements. Safer and less stressful for both handlers and animals alike.They are still studying the effectiveness of these techniques.. but it looks to me like they are making the interaction engaging for the species individually.. this makes me happy.. because Zoos really are an effective education tool.. but man.. how long did THAT ( making this whole thing less stressful to the animals) take us??
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
Love the Wil Wheaton cameo at the beginning.
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..