u/RemoteEntrepreneur43

This is probably a dumb question, but how do you become experts in the care of your animals? Was it through schooling? Learning through experience? Self-teaching? Or all of the above?

I’m about halfway through college and working towards becoming a zookeeper. I’m realizing I that I know nothing about how to care for the animals I want to work with. Should I start researching now or will I learn it on the job?