Wild Jobs: Spending Time With Zookeepers

WASHINGTON - Think your job is wild? It's nothing compared to working at the National Zoo.
WTOP visited some zookeepers at the zoo as part of National Zoo Keeper Week, which runs through July 24.

WTOP watched Gwendolyn Cooper, a keeper in the Bird House, make breakfast for the birds.
"They get pellets, greens, (and) mice," Cooper says.

As she feeds the birds, she can get a closer look to make sure they're OK. On that day, a male peacock strutted his colorful stuff for an unimpressed female.

"It's like if somebody brings you flowers every day. It's cute for a while, but can you imagine? Every day flowers, every day flowers. At some point she says, 'OK, what else do you have?'" Cooper jokes.

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