Hey there, friends, and welcome to episode 337 of Just the Zoo of Us. This week, I have a very

special guest joining me for World Tree Kangaroo Day, which is, if you're listening to this

episode on the day it releases today, May 21st, and what better way to celebrate than with

senior conservation scientists at the

Woodland Park Zoo and founder of the tree kangaroo conservation program Lisa Dayback to put these

charming ghosts of the forest in the well-deserved spotlight.

We discussed the diversity of Papua New Guinea's cloud forests,

where dinosaurs very much still have the run of the place, life as a Joey in the towering

tree tops, a look at what went into designing a tree kangaroo habitat in the Woodland Park

Zoo's new Forest Trailhead exhibit, and so much more. Just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal review podcast. I am overjoyed. I am so thrilled today. I have a brand new friend joining this show from a place that is very near and dear to my heart, a place that is very special to me. So I'm so excited.

We have Lisa Debeck.

Say hi, Lisa.

Hi.

Really nice to be here.

So excited to talk to you about a very, very cool animal.

But before we talk about a very cool animal for today, I would like to talk about you a little bit.

Lisa, I was connected to you through the Woodland Park

Zoo here in Seattle, which very near and dear to my heart. That was my home zoo as a little kid.

Inspired a lot of my love for wildlife and nature was like trips to the Woodland Park Zoo as a little

kid. It's very, very special to me. So Lisa, I want to know how you got into the work

that you do with animals in conservation. You have a remarkable career, and I would love to know

how you got into that. Well, thank you, and I didn't realize that you grew up with Woodland Park

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