Wild Mike animal training- Baboon @ Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo "The Little Zoo That Could"
Channel: miller3707
Date: 2010-04-08

While persueing my Zoo Animal Tech degree from pensacola junior college one of my classes takes place at the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo. At the zoo i am working with the carnivores and monkeys and for the last month and a half I have been training a Hamadryas Baboon to ultimately present her arm for a blodddraw. However "Abbie" the baboon has never been trained before so i had to start her with the simple target behavior. Now she can target, give me her arm on command and be subject to a wet swab and allowing another keeper to place an empty syringe tube that has a piece of wood in the tip of the syring to simulate a needle. As you see i have conditioned her to the word hold and holds for about 3 -5 secs. Ans as you wiill see at the end of the video she gets a little unpleasent for holding just a little longer. If you have any questions just ask.