European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Backstage its Showtime at the Frankfurt zoo. Karsten Schmidt is onstage feeding the seals before an audience of about 200 children and adults. For the next few minutes seals make arcing dives for fish thrown by Schmidt. They sit or bark or stand on their Heads As he commands a just for the Reward of a herring or a Mackerel. If they Are slow in responding to orders Schmidt lightly scolds them just As a Parent would scold a child. When the bucket is empty Schmidt moves to the Penguin Pool. There he empties a second bucket As 20 penguins take the fish from his hand and Swallow them whole. When those fish Are gone the show is Over. As the onlookers applaud Schmidt disappears backstage through a door behind the Pool. He returns to his mops brooms shovels and hoses the accoutrements of his Job. Feeding time is the zookeepers Only moment in the spotlight. For most of the Day he toils in anonymity. Schmidt has for 20 years after nearby he Delbe. Seals he cares of muses and three to become a z apprenticeship a a a afterwards if Tion you prefer Quot himself Lucky. A a i like to work Contact with a i with fish or Voitk to Demontra of the Hippo Pool the three ton to big As an easy cd size of a Madhok his Elbow to Sera a they like to his next Stop Rhino from Zainib on the bar Kalus Schmidt gently s plums the baby Hippopotamus indulges a a a game of peekaboo. If played right this favorite pastime of All 10-month-Olds can Charm a treat or Pat on the head out of the zoo keep zookeeper Karsten Schmidt greets Tsororos the female Rhino. An audience of children and adults gathers for feeding 1
