Talking Lemurs and Smart Feeders with Local College Students

On October 20, 2015, Dr. Andrea Jones' Introduction to Physical Anthropology class visited the Oakland Zoo and stopped by the lemur exhibit to learn about lemurs and the smart feeders.

Here, the class listens to Penny talk about her the smart feeder project. You can see a smart feeder in the background:

 

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After touring the rest of the zoo, the class returned to the lemur exhibit in time to see Elizabeth Abram and other lemur keepers cleaning the smart feeders and got more of their questions answered:

 

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The students got some great pictures of the lemurs out and about!

 

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(Photo courtesy of MonkeyGirl2002)

Thank you again to all of our donors! As you can see, your support of our smart feeder project is not only helping the Oakland Zoo lemurs and Sonoma State student researchers, it's also allowing us to interact with students from other parts of the Bay Area and instill in them a respect for wildlife, an interest in science, and a greater understanding of the role that facilities like Oakland Zoo play in wildlife conservation.

--Penny, Karin & Darren