by Meg | Jul 17, 2012 | Internship, Panda, Travel |
I started the panda “personality” study last week and I have been introducing a basketball into the pandas’ enclosures and recording their reactions. So far most of the subjects have been females (the birthing season is fast approaching and I wanted to get as many...
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 7, 2012 | Internship, Panda, Travel
I just finished up China and am now safely home and a little jet-lagged from the trip. We were really busy the last two weeks with Arina’s arrival, planning out her work, introducing her, and saying goodbye to some wonderful friends we’ve made! I always...
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...
by Meg | Apr 10, 2012 | Panda, Travel |
If you hadn’t heard, Nate had to fly back to America for some environmental monitoring work. Which left Dee and me in China on our own. Which also meant she has to become a defacto panda scientist for our last month here. I’m writing this as Dee tosses...
