Because one of my aunts mentioned how much she likes info from Meagan’s…
Meagan is on a zoo rotation right now, which means that she’s spending two weeks at the Davis zoo with a few days at the SF and Oakland zoos thrown in.
Today at the Davis zoo one of the vets had to anesthetize a monkey for a routine exam. When he came to the monkey cage, the monkeys all went crazy because they know him as the guy who knocks them out.
Soon the anesthesiologist felt a sprinkle on her leg. One of the monkeys was at the edge of the cage yelling and trying to pee on them.
Then the vet had to knock out two monkeys with darts. The first, immediately after getting shot, pulled out the dart and threw it right back at the vet. The next monkey, after getting shot, carefully dipped the dart in his own feces before throwing it back at them.
What fun! I don’t know about you, but I’m disappointed Meagan couldn’t take any photos.
I do love this story, especially the part about the monkey dipping the dart in his own feces before trying to nail the vet with it.
Perhaps Meagan needs her own vet blog so she can entertain us with more animal stories.