As the Director of Marketing, I get to do a lot of fun stuff for the Museum. I represent the Museum at events, write articles for local print publications and talk about upcoming events on TV. It’s the last one “talk about upcoming events on TV” that made me realize what a unique job I have.
Yesterday, I appeared on KARK’s noon show with Melissa Simas. I was there to promote our Science Discoveries camp and other summer camps we have through August. I brought owl pellets as an example of the “fun things” kids would do at our summer camps. After all, the Museum does say it’s a place for “hands-on learning” and what can be more hand’s on than getting up close to an owl pellet!
For those of you who don’t know about owl pellets, here’s the scoop. An owl pellet is “the mass of undigested parts of a bird's food that some bird species occasionally regurgitate.” You can find all kids of stuff in owl pellets like fur, hair and bones. You can also learn a lot from owl pellets like eating habits, health issue, etc.
So, back to me on Channel 4. During the break, I was dissecting the owl pellet and I came across a bone. It was like finding treasure! I was thoroughly excited about the bone. So, when we went live, I shared my excitement with the viewers. While some people probably thought I was a little crazy, I trust that some viewers saw the joy of finding a bone in an owl pellet…
OK, so all that to say, that I do a lot of fun stuff at the Museum. That includes dissecting owl pellets on live TV. Another fun thing I get to do: hang out with the visitors. It’s so cool to see the kids dissecting owl pellets as part of their class and see them get equally excited about finding a bone. See, I knew someone else shared my excitement!
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