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 23, 2016 | Internship |
This is Ari and you know what sucks? Being sick. In China. On St Patties Day. Two days before this wonderful holiday that celebrates half of my heritage with copious amounts of beer, the color green, and whimsical little leprechauns, I came down with something. A...
by Meg | Mar 23, 2016 | PDX Wildlife |
Employed by the CCRCGP since 2000, Dong Li or Mr. Dong as we call him, is the lead keeper at the Bifengxia breeding center. His knowledge of the bears behaviors and how to best pair males and females together is second-to-none. He is an invaluable resource for...
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...
