Buzz·Posted on 30 Jan 201622 Secrets Zookeepers Will Never Tell YouWe deal with A LOT of poo.by Flo PerryBuzzFeed Staff, UKLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. You spend so much time dealing with poo that it really doesn't phase you anymore. View this photo on Instagram 2. And you will wipe absolutely anything on your trousers. View this photo on Instagram 3. Working in the bat cave means you'll have to wash your hair that night. 4. And giant ant eaters do the worst-smelling poos. 5. We love it when it snows because it means we can't pick up poo because we can't see it. 6. Meerkats might look adorable, but they can bite though leather gloves. 7. Owls will probably attack you during breeding season. View this photo on Instagram 8. Penguins have serrated beaks: And will use them if you come too close during nesting season. View this photo on Instagram 9. But it's not all poo and getting bitten, we spend a lot of our time making food puzzles to keep our animals busy. View this photo on Instagram 10. And if an animal is unwell we'll help the vets look after it. View this photo on Instagram 11. We talk to our animals all the time. View this photo on Instagram 12. A good, working wheel barrow is absolutely essential for doing our job. View this photo on Instagram 13. And new rake day is better than Christmas. 14. We hear "that's a funny looking animal" at least 10 times a day, and it doesn't get any funnier. View this photo on Instagram 15. If people tap on the glass while we're in an enclosure we'll pretend we can't hear them. View this photo on Instagram 16. And overhearing people get a sub-species' name wrong really annoys us. View this photo on Instagram 17. If people are making too much noise we will scream at them to be quiet. View this photo on Instagram 18. Sometimes we kind of want to take the baby animals home with us. View this photo on Instagram 19. We often name our animals based on the countries they're native to. View this photo on Instagram 20. But warty pigs tend to be named after punk rock stars. 21. The best part of our job is being greeted by an animal that knows you and loves you. View this photo on Instagram 22. We spend more time with our animals than with our family and friends. View this photo on Instagram BuzzFeed talked to Lucy Edwards, a keeper at Chester Zoo to learn all the zookeeper secrets. Find out even more zoo facts on The Secret Life of the Zoo, Tuesday 2nd February at 8pm on Channel 4.