ADRIAN
Life Span: Animal Caretaker since 2003 and a staff member of the Pacific Science Center Since 2001. Also worked shortly as a VSVFL and an Exhibits hand.
Habitats: Multiple areas including Butterfly House, Tide pool, Insect Village and around the Reptile/ Naked Mole Rat cages. During break can usually be found foraging for free food.
Activities: Enjoying a good day of work and repeatedly attempting to get Dan Warner and Terry Pagos to laugh. Imaging what something would taste like. Animal Care training new volunteers and staff. Chasing escape butterflies and retraining butterfly exit.
Field Markings: Clothing with bleach spots.
Quote: "Ummm.....What is This?........Is This This?"
BRIANNA
Life Span: Lead Animal Caretaker since 2008, Pacific Science Center employee since 2005, animal enthusiast since 1982.
Habitats: Tropical Butterfly House, Puget Sound Saltwater Tidepool, naked mole rat enclosure, snake condos, Insect Village, etc.
Activities: Obsessively observes naked mole rats, cleans tide pool, compiles records, orders supplies, pins butterfly pupae, updates signage, locks herself out of rooms.
Quote: “All high truth is poetry. Take the results of science: they glow with beauty, cold and hard as are the methods of reaching them.”-Charles Buxton
CARI
Life Span: Pacific Science Center employee from 2005-2008 and back again in 2010.Habitat: In or around the Tropical Butterfly House, Insect Village,
Reptile area, and Naked Mole Rats. Often found near a tide pool, both exhibit related and naturally occurring ones.
Field Markings: Camouflage: prefers to blend in with environment.
Activities: Feeding marine life, releasing butterflies, siphoning aquariums, organizing work spaces, and engaging visitors. Can also be found playing at the bottom of Puget Sound amongst sea cucumbers and rock fish.
Quote: "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot. Nothing is going to get better. It's not!" Dr. Seuss through the Lorax
DAN
Life Span: Seven years in various capacities: Visitor Services, Exhibits, Life Sciences.
Habitats: May be seen where animals are and may also be seen in the shop and on the cricket pitch at Magnuson Park and even inside a pipe organ and has even been known to run a carousel.
Activities: Is frequently seen with a tool or a broken piece of Life Sciences equipment in his hands. Generally approachable and may be seen regaling visitors about bees, mole rats, etc.
Field Markings: May be identified by a camp-in shirt or a butterfly shirt. He has a short beard to compensate for the lack of hair in the top of his head.
Quote: “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro” – Hunter S. Thompson
JEFF
Life Span: Transplanted from nurseries into Pacific Science Center Landscape and Tropical Butterfly House as Assistant Horticulturist in 2002. Grew into Supervisor of Horticulture in 2004 and has been blooming ever since.
Habitats: Hiding in the bushes around Pacific Science Center or with hose in hand in the Tropical Butterfly House.
Activities: Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association - Certified Professional Horticulturist - Since 1992 people have said “He is certifiable.”
Washington State University - Master Gardener - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – diagnosed over 18 years ago.
Edmonds Community College –Part Time Faculty - Often found counting and collecting Bamboo species.
Field Markings: Soiled clothes and dirty sweaty hat with sunglasses propped on top.
Quote: “Yesterday is History, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift…That is why they call it the ‘Present’!” – Kung Fu Panda.
MAIDA
Life Span: Horticulture/Animal Care since 2006; plant and animal lover all my life.
Habitats: Can be found in the bushes and behind the netting in the Tropical Butterfly House.
Activities: Feeding Plants & animals, pinning pupae
Quote: “When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.” - My Mother
SARAH
Life Span: Started at Pacific Science Center in 1994 as an animal caretaker, became Life Sciences program manager in 1997.
Habitats: Range overlaps with those of all animal and plant exhibits at Pacific Science Center except for Mercer Slough.
Activities: Comes up with projects for life sciences staff to do, keeps track of how many of every kind of animal we get, maintains permits, strives to interest staff and volunteers in biology and life sciences.
Field Markings: Often found wearing colorful plumage.
Behaviors: Acting out animal behavior, watching pupae intently, disappearing behind tidepool for hours, installing beehives.
Quote: "I don't know, let's find out."
TERRY
Life Span: Life Sciences volunteer since 2004, Pacific Science Center volunteer since 2003, Photographer since 1975
Habitats: Tropical Butterfly House, Puget Sound Saltwater Tidepool, Naked Mole Rat enclosure, flower bowls (in the summer).
Activities: Clicks, pins, feeds, grooms and blogs.
Field Markings: Blue volunteer vest with stuffed pockets. Can usually be spotted with a camera and a smile.
Quote: “One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.” -Lewis Carroll
