by Meg | Apr 17, 2017 | Panda, Science |
If you’re like me, you may have randomly asked yourself, “what sound do pandas make?” Truthfully, before this internship, the only time I’ve ever heard a panda make any kind of noise was when I watched the famous “sneezing panda” video on youtube...
by Meg | Apr 12, 2017 | Science |
It’s no secret that when traveling to a foreign country, especially one that speaks a different language, you will hit a couple of speed bumps. Whether it’s on the base or in the city, we do indeed run into communication problems. On the base, we sometimes have...
by Meg | Apr 1, 2017 | Panda, Science |
There’s no doubt that this internship is one of the coolest you can have if you are interested in pandas. Getting to observe pandas all day and see inside their lives during the busy breeding season is quite an ideal gig, at least to me. Although our job is awesome...
by Meg | Mar 23, 2017 | Science |
The 2017 Winter Interns have been off to a fast start. We dove straight into the breeding season on our first day. We have been recording the female’s behaviors when their estrus levels begin to peak, the male’s behaviors after male-male competition, and...
by Meg | Mar 6, 2017 | Science |
We have been in Bifengxia just over a week now and slowly getting used to standing and watching the pandas in the cold, for Gigi (who is from Hawaii) it has been extremely cold. The second you see the first panda of the day, you forget all about being cold. Breeding...
by Meg | Feb 23, 2017 | Science |
We’ve made it to Ya’an, spent a half day settling into the apartment, (sadly missed the airport arrival of Bao Bao even though we were on the lookout), and head to BFX today! Yay! While you’re all waiting anxiously for panda photo updates...
