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Reviews: 3
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Average rating: 5.0/5
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MSRP: $17.46
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Description: PETER BRAZAITIS; Hardcover; Buy New: $17.46 -- From catching alligators in the reservoirs of New York and capturing giant crocodiles in Venezuela and giant frogs in West Africa to finding mummified human heads in a Bronx apartment, eels on a bus, cobras on the loose, and crocodiles that make change—a memoir of one man’s career working with exotic reptiles and other animals.
After the teenage Peter Brazaitis brought home one creepy crawly creature too many, his stepmother declared, “You are an animal, and you belong in a zoo!” He took her at her word. He went directly from high school in Brooklyn to a job at the Reptile House at the Bronx Zoo, where he stayed for more than thirty years, eventually becoming superintendent of reptiles. He later became curator of the Central Park Zoo, and continues to work with law enforcement as a forensic specialist in the fight to stop illegal importation and slaughter of reptiles for the luxury exotic-leather industry. (His effectiveness at this would earn him the moniker “The Bald-Headed Snake Keeper in the Bronx.”) You Belong in a Zoo! presents the amazing experiences Brazaitis has had in more than four decades of working with wild animals.
Enlightening, funny, and often outrageous, You Belong in a Zoo! is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at zoos, animal people, and some of nature’s most extraordinary creatures.
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Sal
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 26, 2005 10:12
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Pretty good
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I liked it a lot. It was a good story about his life from how he got interested in reptiles until he retired. My only complaint was the story kind of skipped around the timeline a lot. Biggest thing I got out of it was he was the one who determined how to probe crocodilians to determine thier sex. The stories of the old New York Zoos were pretty interesting. Good read for any zookeepers or future zookeepers.
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StingMe
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 14, 2004 11:04
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A MUST HAVE FOR EVERY HERP LOVER!!!
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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Brazaitis takes you along the exciting journey from a Brooklyn school-boy with a passion for creepy crawlies to a career achieved hands-on as the reknown herp expert that U.S. Customs and the N.Y.P.D. have depended on and ran to when in need. From dead bodies, venomous reptiles and satanic materials in a N.Y.C. apartment to training agents in illegal imports/exports and leading research missions around the world, Brazaitis is to the reptile world what Dr. Henry Lee is to the world of forensics. Brazaitis takes you along with him on his exciting but dangerous life with the hillarious humor that only a true herp lover could! A "MUST" Have for every herp lover out there!
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