11/28/2023 0 Comments Boa constrictor pet head cut offFrom there, the business of doing presentations took off two years ago. She’d started out as a film major at UWM, so the channel, which now has more than 3,000 followers, was a good fit with her skills. When she lost her job and was isolated from most of the rest of the world, she decided to set up an educational YouTube channel about the natural history, care and feeding of both the unusual critters she’d collected herself and others around the world. However, the pandemic affected opportunities in the field. That led her to UWM and the conservation program. However, after working in a vet clinic, she decided she wasn’t cut out to be a vet herself. When it came time for college, she originally thought she might enroll in a pre-veterinary program. In high school, she worked at a pet store in Mequon. “I always loved animals and nature when I was growing up,” she said. She even took part in Milwaukee Comic Con, sharing her work as a volunteer for Reptile Rescue. She goes out to classrooms, libraries, Scout meetings, pet stores, senior centers, birthday parties and anywhere else where there’s an interest in learning and enjoying some hands-on activities. Tatiana’s Tiny Zoo grew out of her interest in educating people about the roles these creatures play in the ecosystem. A blue tongued skink named Eponine is part of Gritsevskiy’s collection. Her collection of pets includes tarantulas, millipedes, a ball python, a boa constrictor, a poison dart frog, a blue tongued skink, a few garter snakes and other reptiles, amphibians and insects. Many people have negative attitudes toward them,” Gritsevskiy said. She has developed a business, Tatiana’s Tiny Zoo, to share her love of the creatures that some people find scary or icky and educate them on how to adopt and/or care for them. Gritsevskiy earned her degree in conservation and environmental sciences in 2019 with a double minor in biology and geography. That’s why it’s important for people to overcome the stigma often attached to these “creepy crawlies” and get to know them, said Tatiana Gritsevskiy, a UWM alumna who is working to educate people about the importance of reptiles, amphibians and insects in the world’s ecosystems. Reptiles and amphibians are excellent guides – indicator species – showing the initial impacts of long-term environmental change. Forget about the canary in the coal mine.
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