vocab Flashcards
(108 cards)
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AAZK
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American Association of Zoo Keepers
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ACUC
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Animal Care and Use Committee
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Ankus
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Elephant trainer implement, AKA bullhook or elephant guide
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Anthropomorphism
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giving human characteristics to animal actions of behavior
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APHIS
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Animal & Plant Health Inspection Services
Act used by USDA to inspect facilities
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Arachnophobia
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fear of spiders, most common fear in Western culture
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ARKS
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Animal Record Keeping System
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AWA
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Animal Welfare Act, Started 1966
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AZA
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Association of Zoos and Aquariums
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AZA SAFE
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Saving Animals From Extinction
AZA initiative to increase funding for wild conservation projects
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Bagged up
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term used to indicate the mammaries of an ungulate are full, indicating imminent birth
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Bloodsicle
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chunks of ice with blood from meat diets frozen into it, give to carnivores for enrichment
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Bobcat
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AKA skid steer loader, small tractor/front end loader used to move large amounts of materials
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Boomer Ball
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hard plastic ball given as enrichment to animals
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Bonk
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to hand kill. Generally, rodents used for food
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Bridge
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training term that refers to using a secondary reward (click, whistle, ‘good boy’) to indicate the animal has done a behavior correctly.
used most prevalent in aquatic training when the animal is far from the trainer and could not receive the primary reward.
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Browse
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Natural limbs, leaves, etc. for food/enrichment
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BTS
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Behind the Scenes
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Carnivore
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eating meat, also the term used to refer to the animals that are meat eaters, i.e. the Carnivore keeper.
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Catch-up
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refers to capturing or restraining an animal, usually via physical restraint (nets, snare-poles, gloves, crates) or behavioral restraint (animal stations for an anesthetic injection).
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Caudal
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tail
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Cephalid
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head
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CITES
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Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species, 1975
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Chute
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a long area or shift that is used to move larger animals in a single file, will sometimes contain a squeeze
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Clutch
Number of eggs laid at one time
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Commissary
facility where food is stored and sometimes prepared prior to delivery to animal areas
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Come-along
a hand-operated winch with a ratchet used to pull objects
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Cprophagy
the act of ingesting feces; abnormally-sterotypic behavior, normally-done by hind-gut fermenters to get all of their nutrients
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Creep
used during introductions, shift door is locked part way open to allow access for smaller animals
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Crush
elephant restraint device that is a hydraulic squeeze as well as allowing for the capability of turning the animal on its side
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Cull
Selective killing for population management (ex; elephants)
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Cushman
refers to the golf-cart style 4-wheeled vehicles, usually used as personnel transport, but can carry some equipment
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DART
Dangerous Animal Response Team
Made up of a gun team and anesthesia team. Responds to escaped animal calls. Made up of keepers, curators, vet staff and possibly security
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Dorsal
back
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Drop
when an ungulate gives birth, baby tends to "drop" to the ground
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Dysecdysis
difficulty in shedding skin, seen in reptiles
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EEP
European Endangered Species Plan
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Ecdysis
the process of shedding skin in reptiles or molting in invertebrates
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Egg bound
when an animal cannot pass eggs, most common in birds but can be seen reptiles
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Enrichment
any item used to mentally stimulate captive animals
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ERD
Elephant Restraint Device
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ESA
Endangered Species Act, started 1973
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Euthanasia
the humane killing of an animal due to medical or space requirements
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Fake lock
positioning a lock to appear locked when it is not actually connected in a locked position--DANGEROUS
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Fecals
refers to process of collecting fecal specimens to submit to the vet staff for analysis. Can be done on a schedule or randomly.
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Feed out
refers to the act of feeding an item to an animal
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Free Contact
Term used in elephant training when there is no physical barrier between the animal and the trainer
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Fuzzy
baby feeder that has just started to grow fur
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Gator
similar to a Cushman, it has a bed in the back for hauling things
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Giving access
refers to opening shift doors between on display areas and holding areas letting the animal to move back and forth between them
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Guillotine
door style where the door slides up and down that the keeper manually operates from the outside of the enclosure.
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Habitat
animal enclosure with elements, real or fake, that replicate where the animal lives in the wild
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herper
slang term for either a reptile keeper or a reptile hobbyist
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herps
shortened from of herpetiles, refers to reptiles and amphibians collectively
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Holding
space for animals behind the scenes, can be temporary while cleaning or their "night" area when not on display
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hoofer
typically the slang term for a hoofstock keeper
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Hoofstock
traditional term used for four-legged animals that have hooves instead of claws
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Hopper
young feeder rodent that is just becoming mobile. Tendency to hop
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Hot animal
an animal that contains venom. Some facilities use the term to refer to any dangerous animal
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Howdy
introduction technique limiting physical access animals have to one another for safety
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Intro
Introduction of animals
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IUCN
International Union for Conservation of Nature
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Knockdown
anesthetic procedure
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Lock-out, tag-out, LOTO
refers to double locking system that requires two independent keys, ensuring the safety of the keepers.
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MMPA
Marine Mammal Protection Act, 1972, covers seals, sea lions, manatees, otters, polar bears and cetaceans
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MBD
metabolic bone disease, prevalent in reptiles
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Meds
medicaiton
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Mottephobia
fear of moths
| sometimes applied to butterflies as well, (which is actually Lepidopterophobia)
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Muck
to clean, generally used in Hoofstock management
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necropsy
animal postmortem to determine death
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Opaque
term applied to snakes that are just about to shed
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Operant conditioning
refers to the use of positive reinforcement in training done with animal, animal performs a desired task, it receives a reward
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Ophidiophobia
fear of snakes, second most common fear
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Oviparous
egg laying
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Ovoviviparous
female retains eggs inside body until hatching, so appears to be live birth. AKA aplacental vivipary--seen in reptiles and fish
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Parturition
birth
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Peep
when a baby bird breaks into the air cell just prior to hatching
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Perch
Exhibit element for an animal to climb or sit on
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Perimeter fencing
fencing that surrounds the entire facility, cannot be one of the enclosure walls
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Pinhead
newly hatched cricket for food
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Pinkie
baby furless rodent used to feed carnivores
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Pip
when a baby bird breaks through the shell during hatching
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PPEQ
Permanent Post Entry Quarantine
| especially used for hoofstock from Africa
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Preen
Bird grooming behavior utilizing the preening gland that excretes oil
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protected contact
Most common form of contact with zoo animals, originated from elephant training when there is a physical barrier between the animal and the trainer
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Quarantine
used to separate ill or new animals from the rest of the collection to prevent transmission of disease
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R and R
Regurgitation and re-ingestion. Stereotypic behavior seen in captive gorillas
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Secondary containment
backup barriers in case an animal or guest breaches one layer of fencing
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Shift
term used to indicate the movement of animal between enclosures
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Slider
door that moves horizontally on a track, operated by the keeper from outside of the enclosure
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SPIDER
Refers to creating enrichment plans or device.
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Setting goals
Planning
Implementing
Documenting
Evaluating
Resetting
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Squeeze
refers to either the act or the device that is used to immobilize an animal for a temporary, non-invasive medical procedure, such as vaccinations or x-rays. Animal remains awake during this time
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SSP
Species Survival Plan, stated 1981
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Station
Term used in training, referencing the postion of the anial in relation to the trainer
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Substrate
ground covering in an exhibit (i.e. bark or sand)
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TAG
Taxon Advisory Group,
| AZA committee that oversees the management of an entire taxa of animals, specific for SSP breedign purposes
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Target
training term, refers to a spot of item (often a stick with a colored 'target') that the animal is trained to touch with a body part. Useful for training for veterinary purposes.
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Torpor
A state similar to hibernation, but less metabolically intense
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Ungulate
hoofstock animals
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USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
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Ventral
belly or front of animal
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Viviparous
live birth
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Wheelbarrow
used for moving large amounts of substrate or feces to or from enclosures
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ZAA
Zoological Association of America
| accrediting body, only deals with animal care and education aspects of a facility, not the business management
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ZACC
Zoos and Aquariums Concerned for Conservaiton
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ZIMS
Zoological Information Management System
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Zoophobia
fear of animals
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Zoonoses
Disease transmissible between humans and animals AKA Zoonosis
