Mercer Students Use Psychology and Neuroscience to Provide Wildlife Enrichment

Mercer Students Use Psychology and Neuroscience to Provide Wildlife Enrichment

Kester Kwazema and Paarthivi Joshi sit outside the home of the great curassow called Charlie and make notes every minute about how he is behaving. The currasow — tropical birds the size of turkeys — are native to Costa Rica and are known to form monogamous relationships and live in small groups. They tend to run and forage and can fly short distances. However, Charlie lives alone in an enclosure at Proyecto Asis because he was being illegally ra…