Forgot to update this thread, I finished my training and passed the exam last Saturday, had to do 2 animal presentations first was African Rock Pythons then the second was Bog Turtles. Got to go on quite a few behind the scenes tours of different buildings, first was getting to go inside the Elephant barn (you really dont realize how big they are until you get right up next to one). Then we got to go inside the Penguin building and see a penguin upclose, then into the rhino barn (super cool) and then my favorite. A tour of the herpetology building. I was like a kid in the candy store, had a huge variety of snakes, Angolan Pythons, White Lipped Pythons, Bushmasters, Gaboons, etc... The 9th largest collection of reptiles in the zoos around the US.

If any of you have been to see the Reptile house at the Knoxville zoo, its the oldest part of the zoo, still the same as it was years ago. Next fall is when they break ground on the new $5.5 million building, everyone you talk to is super excited about this and they hope to have it complete by 2010. So if you havnt seen the reptile house yet then you should come see it now and then again when the new one opens. Now all im doing is waiting on an email back from the lady over the volunteers, telling me that the herpetology department is waiting for my call.


Sorry for the long post, if you cant tell, im a little bit excited about this