9/26/2023 0 Comments Nmemphis zoo s![]() ![]() “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic precautions, I was unable to participate with Gina in her practice paint sessions, but I received some of her art to work with. Harris then painted around Gina’s work to create the face of Tyranza, who was the herd’s previous matriarch and the oldest female elephant in North America when she passed away in 2020 at age 56. Harris became interested in the zoo’s art enrichment activities for animals and was provided with an art piece painted by Gina, matriarch of the zoo’s African elephant herd. As part of this Rhodes fellowship, she was involved in daily behavioral data collection on four female African elephants. Mia Harris ’23, a biology major from Hermitage, TN, got to have a unique experience this summer as an Animal Behavior and Conservation Fellow at the Memphis Zoo.
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