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Article: Animal keeper: meet the caretaker of a museum's living exhibits.(LIFE: CAREERS)(Hazel Davies of the American Museum of Natural History)
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- Science World
- Article date:
- February 18, 2008
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When Hazel Davies goes to work, she is greeted by leaping lizards, curious snakes, and tortoises that mistake her green sneakers for snacks. Although it might sound like Davies works at a zoo, she's actually in charge of managing the animals that star in exhibitions at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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The live exhibits feature a colorful cast of creatures, from blue butterflies and red frogs to a green iguana nicknamed "Iggy." Museum visitors enjoy live-action attractions because the animals add an element of surprise to displays. But an animal needs more than a cute face or ...