Fall Asleep as a Zookeeper Caring for Exotic Animals in Victorian London

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Step through the iron gates of a Victorian zoological garden and experience the quiet, complicated life of a keeper caring for animals brought to London from across the world.

Your day begins before the visitors arrive, with feeding carts, fresh straw, heavy buckets, unfamiliar diets, and animals whose habits remain largely mysterious to Victorian science. As curious crowds gather in search of exotic spectacle, you clean enclosures, answer confidently mistaken questions, observe unexpected behavior, assist with uncertain medical treatments, and attempt to provide comfort using the limited knowledge available.

Settle in for a gently humorous journey through the smells, sounds, routines, and logistical confusion of a Victorian zoo, where human confidence is plentiful, reliable information is rather less common, and every animal has its own opinion about breakfast.

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