I'm not saying I like to be kicked, but it's good for me to feel I am in the game. Definitely. A motivation.

`When I embarked on this journey way back at breakfast.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Zoologists may find jobs working for government agencies, non-profit organizations, universities, museums and zoos.