by Meg | Apr 4, 2016 | Panda, Science, Travel
We’re baaaaaaccckk! 🙂 We came home Saturday with tired feet and SO MANY pictures. Thousands of stairs were climbed during our mini-vacay to Leshan and Emeishan, but Ari will regale you with those adventures later in the week. Today, I wanted to share with you some of...
by Meg | Mar 30, 2016 | Panda, Science |
Some of you may be wondering what we do over here besides having bamboo fights and hanging out with pandas all day. We are conducting research on the effects of male-male competition in giant pandas during breeding season. The enclosures are set up so that a female...
by Meg | Mar 29, 2016 | China, PDXWildlife |
As I stuff the last of my dirty clothes into my luggage, I begin to get excited to see my wife and daughter. However, leaving China is never an easy process as it has an addictive quality about it. Weather it’s the smell of freshly steamed baozi or sleepy eyed...
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 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...
