On the afternoon of May 18, the Animal Specimen Exhibition Hall, built by the College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University officially opened. It is worth noting that Taishun Wuyanling National Nature Reserve Management Center donated to the Exhibition a precious specimen of Cabot’s Tragopan, the national first-class protected animal typically living in Wenzhou City.

About 80% of the specimens in the exhibition hall were collected from Wenzhou. The person in charge told reporters that among the displayed specimens, there were more than 600 kinds collected by the students and teachers from the College in their field trip, open experiments and research projects. For example, the humid preparations were made by the staff teaching zoology. Mr. Ye Zhengchang and Mr. Zheng Hanmiao made some marine fish specimens. Professor Zhang Yongpu made specimens of cnidaria, annelids, and mollusks. Professor Ying Xueping made crustacean specimens; Professor Liu Jinsong checked and identified the specimens of birds and mammals prepared with taxidermy. In the early construction of the exhibition, Mr. Chen Yongshou, the researcher from the former Hangzhou University offered great help and guidance for the identification of marine invertebrate specimens. 

“The popular science education base is an important carrier for popularizing scientific knowledge, advocating scientific methods, and promoting scientific ideas. It plays an active role in improving the scientific atmosphere of the city and the efforts to create a more relaxing environment for youth education. At present, there are 5 national science education bases, 25 provincial bases, and 82 municipal bases. The Animal Specimen Exhibition Hall of Wenzhou University also serves as the education base for students who do not study biology at Wenzhou University, and for all the citizens, especially the youth across the city. It has received tens of thousands of visitors in a short period of time.” The staff of the Municipal Association for Science and Technology told reporters.