Best zoo uniform

nanoboy

nanoboy

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Which zoo has the best uniform for its employees? Surely they can't all be khaki?

Links and photos would be appreciated. :)
 
if you Google Image "zoo uniform" you mostly get pictures of girls in their underwear. But I did find this one applicable to Zoochat (rather than Zoo magazine!):
 

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nanoboy said:
Which zoo has the best uniform for its employees? Surely they can't all be khaki?

Links and photos would be appreciated. :)
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Trust you to come up with this thread! :D

I almost never take photos of keepers (only of they are doing a presentation with an interesting animal), so I can't really go through my photos to see what different uniforms there are. Most uniform colours seem to lie on a continuum from green to brown, so there is a bit of variation on a standard theme really. I have seen some with black sweatshirts, but they aren't the main uniform colour.

The most unusual uniforms I have ever seen though were at Marwood Zoo, which initially had standard khaki uniforms, then a more colourful version of that, and finally a truly unique and inpractical body suit. Here is a link to a video of the place:

Vince McCain said:
And I want to thank you all, personally, for the incredible enthusiasm that you've shown vis-à-vis our latest new innovative initiative. You look fantastic. You're no longer a bunch of smelly old animal keepers. No, as of today, you are official Themed Zoo Visitation Enhancement Facilitators.
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[the staff are now all reluctantly wearing animal costumes] :D:D:D:D
 
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it is very hard to find any keeper uniforms that aren't khaki or green. Which is odd because khaki must show up the dirt really well. I did find a blue one:
 

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it is very hard to find any keeper uniforms that aren't khaki or green. Which is odd because khaki must show up the dirt really well. I did find a blue one:
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Bet that blue one would show a blood red stain pretty well...

Aquarium staff presumably often have blue uniforms, and maybe white ones too.
 
aquariums/marinelands do often have blue or white uniforms (but they are usually just t-shirts rather than uniformy sort of uniforms)
 
what about these ones?
 

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I quite like macaws. Where was that pic taken?

I watched a doco on the zoo where the superman tiger pic was taken. It seems like an interesting place...

So, it seems that zoo uniforms are all kind of... well... boring. I wonder if there has been any famous fashion designers involved in designing new zoo uniforms?
 
nanoboy said:
I quite like macaws. Where was that pic taken?
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Flamingo Land in Yorkshire. The next photo is from Dudley Zoo. The UK does have some interesting keeper outfits.....
 

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Flamingo Land in Yorkshire. The next photo is from Dudley Zoo. The UK does have some interesting keeper outfits.....
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"Interesting" probably is not the right word to describe it. :D Where's zooboy28? I know he likes..... seals. ;) I am more of a macaw man myself.
 
nanoboy said:
"Interesting" probably is not the right word to describe it. :D Where's zooboy28? I know he likes..... seals. ;) I am more of a macaw man myself.
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Chlidonias said:
it's a Patagonian sealion too, so an appropriate fit for lovers of Latinos....

For nanoboy, here's the link to some of the other Dudley staff members in their birthday zoo uniforms, some of whom are female: Zookeepers go back to nature by baring all for charity calendar | Mail Online
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Very funny you two :D:D:D

September & December look to be the best months. :cool:
 
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Flamingo Land in Yorkshire. The next photo is from Dudley Zoo. The UK does have some interesting keeper outfits.....
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That is Flamingo land :eek: I never saw any thing with 'plumage' like that when I visited.

Also, that bloke from Dudley carrying that great big owl (Snowy Owl?) needs his head testing. There is no way I would risk him carrying something like that naked..... then again it does say it was very cold when they did the photo shoot, so maybe he was OK :D.
 
I thought this was an adult thread and seeing the Dudley zoo keepers in the link I'm now sure it is,;) personally i llike the look of there tigers, reindeer and sealions, must try and get to dudley zoo now.:eek:
 
The girls at Cairns Tropical Zoo had some very short shorts for uniforms. Does anyone have a pic? It was a very practical uniform, given the climate there.
 
nanoboy said:
The girls at Cairns Tropical Zoo had some very short shorts for uniforms. Does anyone have a pic? It was a very practical uniform, given the climate there.
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I googled. The shorts I see are regular shorts.
 
nanoboy said:
I'll try to find a pic I took. It's on an external drive.

What are the uniforms like in NZ? Bog standard?
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yes indeed, typically khaki or greenish faux-safari-suit type uniforms composed of shirt (long- or short-sleeved) and either trousers of shorts.
 
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