spiders, goat bites, and duckpin

Our porch has become home to one of the biggest spiders I have seen ever.  Hoping he stays until Halloween because it would fit perfectly for the decor.

Some pictures of him:

spider on the other side of the porch - half the size of the first spider

Also when I went to the zoo this past week I worked in the kidzone area with the goats.  Within the first twenty minutes of me being there I got bit by one of the goats.  He was playing with my finger with his lips like normal and then all the sudden chomped down on my finger.  I of course started bleeding so I asked for a bandaid and went to wash my hands.  So the animal attendant called security...ugh.  They had to write up a report and then the animal curator came because they said it was an animal bite over the radio...big mistake.  All I wanted was a band-aid and I would have been fine.  So after everyone came and told me not to put my fingers in their mouths I still had about 2 hours of volunteering.  After my shift I had to talk to the volunteer supervisor and insist that I would be ok and my finger wouldnt get infected and rot off.  Yep......now I look like the idiot volunteer who got bit by a goat.  Awesome considering I had emailed the general curator about job prospects...and he met me for this incident.

Why oh why must I get hurt at every place I volunteer/intern yet I never get hurt at my job.  Grr

Anyways here are some pictures of my wound.  One thing interesting is the shape of the wound, its a v shape....interesting tooth shape.  

before shower

after shower

Then today I went to Bowling for Rhinos which is an event for the American Association of Zookeepers.  Each chapter across the country does it to raise money for Rhino conservation at random times throughout the year.  Well I showed up only to realize that this was an odd form of bowling...called duckpin.  The bowling balls were small without finger holes and the pins were much smaller than usual.  The bowler would palm the ball and then bowl it down the lane, and then you had 3 tries instead of the normal 2.  This still did not help my bowling skills....  Also we went to a bowling alley that I guess was from the dark ages because instead of everything being automated we pushed a reset button to clear the lane or a button to clear the fallen pins off the lane.  Also the score screens were wall and they used a projector and transparencies as scorecards.  Talk about old school....all of us were like um how does this work and then some of the older volunteers had to explain it. 

Overall had a good time and talked to more people.  I may try to volunteer at the national zoo...random thought.