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Bao Li has gained a reputation among zookeepers as the more outgoing, playful and vocal of the two bears.
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
But what’s propelled her to stardom is her sassy personality: sitting in her mom’s food bowl, biting her zookeeper, charging around her enclosure, and screaming.
—Rob Reddick, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024
Robert is a conservationist and zookeeper just like his father, who was killed by a stingray at age 44 when Robert was just 2 years old in 2006.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Qing Bao, known among zookeepers as a shy and contemplative panda, spent time on her climbing gym before sitting down to enjoy the bamboo special.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
But what’s propelled her to stardom is her sassy personality: sitting in her mom’s food bowl, biting her zookeeper, charging around her enclosure, and screaming.
—Rob Reddick, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024
Robert is a conservationist and zookeeper just like his father, who was killed by a stingray at age 44 when Robert was just 2 years old in 2006.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Qing Bao, known among zookeepers as a shy and contemplative panda, spent time on her climbing gym before sitting down to enjoy the bamboo special.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Zookeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zookeeper. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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zookeeper
noun
zoo·keep·er
-ˌkē-pər 
: a person who keeps or cares for animals in a zoo
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