![]() ![]() Dan worked at a reptile dealer called Reptile where he held cobras and various venomous pit vipers for the first time. His yearbook picture has him holding a 3 foot alligator! During high school Dr. Xavier High School where he gave mini courses on reptiles and frequently entertained his classmates with various exotic animals he would bring to the biology classroom or cafeteria. ![]() So while most teenagers were getting into trouble, he was attending rounds at the zoo and hanging with an elite group of future zoologists and educators.ĭr. ![]() Dan was accepted into the junior zoologist program at the Cincinnati zoo. Dan was known as the neighborhood zoo keeper. Starting early with a rather large collection of exotic pets (snakes, lizards, turtles, ferrets, rabbits, raccoons, and rodents), as well as the normal dogs and cats, Dr. From a very young age he always wanted to work with animals and began his lifetime commitment to animals catching wall lizards, rescuing wildlife, and studying zoology. Daniel Hocks Meakin grew up on the east side of Cincinnati. ![]()
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