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MemberCompsognathusMay-11-2014 3:33 PMSci-Fi King25 Couldn't get his Entry to upload, So I uploaded it for him :)
This is all of his work.
DWC: Day in the life of : Head Keeper.
By:
Sci-Fi King25
I was in a blue helicopter marked JW 06 as it landed on the Helipad. As I exited, I was greeted by one of the Park Bioligits. Isla Nublar was so far away, that we were offered a chance to live there. I decided not to, but I'll sometimes spend a night or two there. The bioligist and I entered a familiar red and white Jeep Wrangler and we drove off to the Staff Headquarters. We were catching up on a lot of work, as Mr. Hammond and Mr. Patel had visited three days ago. Once I was in, I did some work. I did some research on upcoming species via webcam with bioligists on Isla Sorna. After that, I did some design sketches on some new exhibits: Therizinosaurus, Gigantoraptor, and Aegyptosaurus. After that work, I checked the time, it was 9:50, ten minutes before opening. I gathered a barrel of chum, some fish, and three bales of hay. I then loaded them into the trailer attached to a blue and white golf cart. Then, I drove out to the first stop: the Tylosaurus Dome.
At the dome, I climbed up a ladder with the barrel. I stood on a platform and dumped the chum into the water. I watched the Tylosaurus leap out of the water from below with some of the chum in his mouth. One barrel might not seem like a lot for a reptile that can grow up to thirty feet long, but this one is a juvenile, only seven feet long. After he ate, I heard the announcer say the park was open. I then watched the visitors pour into the park. After they entered, the Tylosaurus stuck his head above the surface and let me stroke his jaws. The Park Biologists tell me that this is how he shows affection, which is good, because the Tylosaurus is one of my favorite animals in the park.
After the Tylosaurus Dome, I drove to the Triceratops exhibit. There, I opened the exhibit gate, dragged two bales of hay in, left them in, exited, and closed the gate. I watched as the three females approached the bales and ate. After a few seconds, the male started to approach the bale and eat. After watching them for a couple minutes, I drove to the Ankylosaurus exhibit and did the same, but with the last bale. As the prehistoric tanks started to eat the bale, I drove to the Pteranodon Avairy. There, I threw some fish into the air and watched the friendly, blue, white, and yellow creatures swoop down and catch the fish. After a few minutes, I drove to the Tyrannosaurus exhibit. As I passed the Dienonychus exhibit, I could see one staring at me. At the Tyrannosaurus exhibit, I saw him roaring at the crowd that watched him. I used a feeding mechanism and lowered a cow into the exhibit. He finished it in a couple bites, so I lowered in another. As I watched the dinosaur, I felt something in my pocket. I still had some pellets filled with fruit and protien we sell to the visitors so they can feed the Gallimimuses. Realizing I had to feed the Asian dinosaurs today, I drove out to their exhibit. I stuck my hand out a window, and two of the ostrich-like dinosaurs came up to me and ate the pellets right out of my hand.
After that, I drove to the Velociraptor exhibit. These were easy to feed, as they preferred to eat beef. I threw two large chunks of beef into the exhibit and the pair ate devoured them. As I drove to the Conchoraptor exhibit, I parked, and dumped a small bicket of mollusks into her exhibit. As she started to crush the shells, I dove to the Oviraptor exhibit. I fed her some pellets we use with the Gallimimuses, and then drove pass the soon-to-be-filled Psittacosaurus, Protoceratops, and Koreaceratops exhibits. The next stop was the African dinosaurs.
At the African dinosaurs, first, I fed the Spinosauus. I saw him catching salmon and catfish in his river, and I threw a large tuna and a few large chunks of beef into his exhibit. I watched him eat and then drove over to the Deltadromaeus exhibit. There, I threw in a large tuna and put a cow into the exhibit for the trio. After that, I drove off to the Rugops exhibit. I lowered in a cow for him and he ate. As I drove back, I passed the Ouranosaurus exhibit, the WIP Aegyptosaurus, and the soon-to-be-filled Suchomimus and Carcharodontosaurus exhibits. After that, I checked the time again. It was 12:30 PM, Lunch Hour
LUNCH HOUR!!! :D
After Lunch Hour, I realizied it was dinosaur bathing time. I got a hose and walked back to my golf cart. My frist stop was the Parasaurolophus exhibit. I attached the hose and the herd of five walked up to me. I covered them in soapy water and they went off to dry themselves. After that, I went to the Allosaurus exhibit. The Allosaurus was always stubborn when it came to bathing, but I came prepared. I threw a steak into her exhibit, and then when she went to investigate, I covered her in soapy water.
I spent the rest of my day washing a couple more species, observing the dinosaurs (and handling a few of the smaller ones), and educating visitors. After that, I checked the time again. It was 5:20, ten minutes before closing. I drove out to the Staff Headquarters, parked the golf cart, and got into the Jeep Wrangler. I drove out to the Brachiosaurus exhibit because it was close, watched them for a couple minutes and then drove to the Helipad. As the JW 08 helicopter took off, I looked at the park. The exhibits and squarium (both designed by me), the concession stands, the rides (some designed by me), and the landscape. As the helicopter flew farther away, I could see the island shrink into the Pacific.
(Author's note, the underwater creature DNA was achieved by finding leech-like animals as early as the Triassic frozen in ice deep inside rocks. Also, the species in the story is only about one-third of the species in/planned to be in [my] Jurassic World. I hope you enjoyed!)
Life cannot be contained, it breaks walls, crashes through barriers sometimes painfully, but uh... Life uh, finds a way
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MemberCompsognathusMay-11-2014 4:02 PMGreat job Sci-King25. What is your Jurassic World?
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway.
John Morrison
MemberCompsognathusMay-11-2014 4:11 PMNice work, I really liked the diversity of species and the way they are placed around the park. The placement by continent is a common practice in modern zoos and creates a more realistic and less stressful environment on the animals. It is a little fast pace, but that is not much of an issue. Also the spelling on biologist is off a bit, but trust me when I say I have a really hard time with grammer (I actually looked up it's spelling before typing it here) so that is not a big issue with me. As a whole the story is very believable and realistic for a head keeper plus the fact that anyone can fill this persons shoes helps make me feel apart of the story. Great work and best of luck in the contest.
P.s. for the Authors note you should use lampreys since they are some of the oldest group of fish on earth, they are blood suckers, and you can say they were burried in undersea landslides and perserved in frozen methane hydrate which was found throughout the mesozoic era and can still be found today.
Ian Malcolm: No I'm, I'm simply saying that life - uhhh - finds a way.
Sci-Fi King25
MemberAllosaurusMay-11-2014 5:03 PMThanks for the feedback and the advice @John Morrison. The thought of the Sea Lamprey slipped my mind, and I didn't know about the frozen methane hydrate.
(I might post a map of my interpretation soon if that's in the contests! :D)
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