What Goes on Behind Bars: Zookeepers Share Wild Stories, and We Will Never Look at Zoos in the Same Way

Oh my gosh, that’s…horrifying. I know that animals don’t have the same cultural beliefs about death and grieving that we do, but still. That’s not exactly the image I want in my head when I think about baboons! But it’s probably better to lie to the customers about this kind of thing than for them to know the truth…

They have their own way of dealing with things, even if it seems a little bit gruesome to us. But hey, I guess that’s part of the job when you work at a zoo. You have to be prepared for the unexpected – even if it means cleaning up after a bunch of baboons who are going through some…weird stuff.