A Day at the DLC
Here is a step-by-step look into a day of testing at the Lemur Center:
Upon our arrival, Camila, Nick and I set up our equipment and prepare the fruit needed for the tests.
We attach the camera to the tripod..
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...and verify that the gloves are the correct color and on the correct hands.
We cut single grapes into eight pieces, and banana slices into four pieces and then add some raisins.
Then, we double-check that we have enough fruit to test and center each subject, and, if necessary, distract its cagemate.
Once we reach the enclosure, we set up the mat and camera.
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Finally, we begin the test (in this case, Nick is pretesting E. mongoz, Selena. In the actual test, two experimenters are present)
Sometimes we need to distract the subject's cagemate.
When we are finished, we say goodbye to the lemurs, and clean off the dirt.
