An article about my project has been published in the Mercury News! For anyone interested here is the article URL to check it out for yourself: https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/02/sunnyvale-teen-helps-track-lemur-behavior-at-happy-hollow/  This week I am actually away on vacation, so I was not able to make any progress. As compensation, I will provide some photographs from my time spent […]

Now that you all have a good idea of the current exhibit, I figured I should explain how I am getting my data. When gathering data regarding animal behavior, the traditional method is to use an ethogram. An ethogram is a chart of select behaviors that are marked at a regular time interval. The ethogram […]

Since last week’s very exciting progress, a few minor changes have been made. A couple new vines were added and some of the existing vines in Ally and Razoky’s exhibit have been moved around to make them more optimal. If the vine does not connect to a high-traffic area or there are too many in […]

The first new piece of furniture has now been added to the red ruffed lemur exhibits! Both exhibits now feature a nesting box, which will give them a more secluded place to rest. I noticed throughout my initial observations that the lemurs liked to sit in places that gave them room to lie down. This […]