by Meg | Mar 28, 2016 | Science |
Following Alyssa’s “Crib” blog, Nicki was inspired to introduce everyone to the Bifengxia Bachelors. “We’re over a third of the way through our internship now! Time flies when you get to watch pandas all day. Being at the base every day you...
by Meg | Mar 25, 2016 | Panda, PDXWildlife
After a few intense days of introductions, the experienced staff at Bifengxia was successful in naturally breeding You You with Xiang Ge. I have to admit that I was skeptical that the pair would pull it off, but after two attempts, Xiang Ge correctly mounted with You...
by Meg | Mar 24, 2016 | Internship, Panda, PDXWildlife |
The breeding center is unusually quiet as there is only a single female in estrus at the moment. Her hormone levels peaked as of yesterday, but she hasn’t responded well to any of her neighbor males. You You (#648) is from the Chongqing Zoological Gardens in...
by Meg | Mar 22, 2016 | Panda |
Many of the people that we have either met in person or follow our research have the unique quality of being able to identify pandas from a very limited amount of information. We thought we would incite some competition amongst these dedicated few by putting their...
by Meg | Mar 21, 2016 | Internship, Panda |
Hi, Alyssa here. Remember that classic MTV show, Cribs? No? Maybe not? For those of you who aren’t familiar, Cribs was a show where a camera crew would go into celebrities’ homes for a brief tour of their luxurious living quarters. That’s it, that’s all there was to...