Staff and intern blogs - Morgan
My name is Morgan Movius and I am a 6 month elephant intern
on the GVI elephant project in Huay Pakoot. I recently graduated with a B.S. in
biology, and I wrote my senior thesis and conducted primary research in the
field of animal behavior. From this
internship I hope to gain direct experience and knowledge on elephant behavior
and physiology which I can apply in the future to a career in veterinary
science and medicine.
While on project I will be going on regular hikes to observe
the elephant’s behavior, and as my internship develops I will focus on one of
the infant elephants in particular. I
will also take over running bi-weekly health checks with my fellow elephant
intern and work to further develop the health check procedure in order to gain
the most accurate and helpful data on the elephant’s health and wellbeing. In
addition, I will take over giving some of the elephant presentations to new
volunteers, and will give bi-monthly ‘ele chats’ on information found in
scientific articles. I hope to learn as
much as I can about elephants while on the project and through my role as an
intern I hope that I can help others learn about these incredible animals as
well.
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