by Meg | Feb 18, 2013 | Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Panda, wildlife
For Valentine’s Day the Oregon Zoo sent out a press release covering both my pygmy rabbit study and my new work with the pandas. I especially love the little graph they made up of my findings! -Meg
by Meg | Feb 13, 2013 | Panda, wildlife |
We had the first mating at the panda base this weekend (2/11-2/12). I figure that’s close enough to Valentines Day that I could write “Valentine’s Day” post about it! This particular mating was a special one for me as the female, Zhen Zhen,...
by Meg | Aug 2, 2012 | Internship, Panda, Travel
Things have been getting interesting here at Bi Feng Xia. So far, four females have given birth and the cub count is up to seven (three sets of twins)! I have been trying to collect as much personality data on the females before they get close to giving birth, so I...
by Meg | Jun 22, 2012 | Internship, Panda
I have been studying the stereotypic activities of the pandas here at Bi Feng Xia for the past several weeks, keeping track of what kinds of stereotypies each panda exhibits and the amount of time they spend on these behaviors. So far, Yao Yuan is the only panda that...
by Meg | Jun 4, 2012 | Internship, Panda, Travel |
Seeing the pandas for the first time was amazing, they are so adorable, I am glad that it is my job to watch them all day! I am very excited to start working with the pandas and with all the people at the base. It was a little bit intimidating being in a foreign...
