u/Conservation_Grotto

Hi everyone, I recently got a job at a museum as a way to build up my resume and while they didn't have positions open in their department that specializes in wildlife education I was able to convince them to let me on with the livestock species they have on site. I'm being assigned primarily to work with the 3 head of cattle on property along with sheep, poultry, and pigs.

However during a call yesterday with the museum they filled me in on two additional tasks I may be adding to my plate which includes a possible mule that the facility might be getting as well as the opportunity to work with some of the wildlife rehab animals they have like hognose snakes and the gopher tortoise.

I immediately accepted the opportunity and they brought up some points that I had mentioned to them regarding the one time I saw the enclosure for the gopher tortoise. They plan to build him a permanent indoor enclosure as well as revamp his outdoor enclosure and asked if I would be interested in helping with those projects and if I could give my input on what they should do and while I have general knowledge from being around gopher tortoises and their habitats my whole life I'm by no means a reptile expert.

While I dont have a picture ill try to explain what I saw and pointed out to the supervisor that did my interview for the job. The enclosure itself looks more like an old pig pen that hasn't been maintained for years, its just a few 2x4's to prevent him from leaving and then an additional 2x4 maybe 2ft up to prevent guests from going over the planks or in the enclosure without climbing. There is almost no direct sunlight entering the enclosure due to several large oak trees surrounding the enclosure which have produced an excessive amount of leaf litter with some areas being almost at neck length for him. There's also little debris that I'm not sure what the purpose for it was and what I can only assume is a man made burrow, although it doesn't look very large. Its also georgia soil and sand so its a lot more condensed then it is here in Florida where I'm used to seeing them.

While I have a general idea on ways to improve the outdoor enclosure and building a proper indoor enclosure won't be an issue I would really appreciate it if any reptile keepers especially those that have worked with tortoises could help me out with key things to add to the enclosures and also enrichment ideas for the tortoise as well since I have never heard them mention anything regarding enrichment for the tortoise.

Hi everyone, I recently got a job at a museum as a way to build up my resume and while they didn't have positions open in their department that specializes in wildlife education I was able to convince them to let me on with the livestock species they have on site. I'm being assigned primarily to work with the 3 head of cattle on property along with sheep, poultry, and pigs.

However during a call yesterday with the museum they filled me in on two additional tasks I may be adding to my plate which includes a possible mule that the facility might be getting as well as the opportunity to work with some of the wildlife rehab animals we have like hognose snakes and the gopher tortoise.

I immediately accepted the opportunity and they brought up some points that I had mentioned to them regarding the one time I saw the enclosure for the gopher tortoise. They plan to build him a permanent indoor enclosure as well as revamp his outdoor enclosure and asked if I would be interested in helping with those projects and if I could give my input on what they should do and while I have general knowledge from being around gopher tortoises and their habitats my whole life I'm by no means a reptile expert.

While I dont have a picture ill try to explain what I saw and pointed out to the supervisor that did my interview for the job. The enclosure itself looks more like an old pig pen that hasn't been maintained for years, its just a few 2x4's to prevent him from leaving and then an additional 2x4 maybe 2ft up to prevent guests from going over the planks or in the enclosure without climbing. There is almost no direct sunlight entering the enclosure due to several large oak trees surrounding the enclosure which have produced an excessive amount of leaf litter with some areas being almost at neck length for him. There's also little debris that I'm not sure what the purpose for it was and what I can only assume is a man made burrow, although it doesn't look very large. Its also georgia soil and sand so its a lot more condensed then it is here in Florida where I'm used to seeing them.

While I have a general idea on ways to improve the outdoor enclosure and building a proper indoor enclosurewon'tt be an issue I would really appreciate it if any reptile keepers especially those that have worked with tortoises could help me out with key things to add to the enclosures and also enrichment ideas for the tortoise as well since I have never heard them mention anything regarding enrichment for the tortoise.

So for context me and my fiancée are each trying to write a fictional story for the other to read, for my choice I decided to write a story that takes place after the world discovers a way to travel to an alternate universe. In this alternate universe the Earth is exactly the same as the original Earth except it takes place in an alternate timeline where the cretaceous and jurassic period were mashed together leading to species from both periods coexisting together.

The issue is it takes a massive amount of energy to transfer people and supplies to the other side and when the main character gets to the other side there is only roughly a thousand people and a small colony built before the gateway is destroyed in a terrorist attack that severs the connection between the world's.

My issue is Ive already written a good bit and while writing this story I had this feeling in the back of my head that this sounded really familiar and after some investigation I realized I basically stole the concept of the 2011 show Terra Nova that I watched as a kid. Specifically using a portal to get to a prehistoric world to live in a colony surrounded by dinosaurs. Even the terrorist part happens in Terra Nova except that happened at the end of the show.

My question is if you were writing this, how would you go about keeping the same concept without it sounding like your ripping off the show. My fiancée has never seen the show so I know it'll go unnoticed but its going to bother me knowing that its basically a copy paste of the show.