Monthly Archives: April 2011
Are you achin’ for some bacon?
“Madame, look me,” whispered my Congolese guide for the morning, Gideon. This translated into “Wait here, don’t move.” Left on a steep hill hidden among the duff and tucked beneath a decaying tree trunk, I felt embarrassingly like a newborn … Continue reading
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Tagged apes, bacon, bonobos, bush pigs, congo, congo basin, democratic republic of congo, DRC, monkeys, pigs, primates
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Bees and Bonobos
Less then half a day after hiking into Iyema with barely any sleep, I found myself up at 320AM and speed walking in the dark after the Congolese pisteurs and The PhD to arrive at the bonobo nest sites before … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, bonobos, congo, congo basin, democratic republic of congo, DRC, Iyema, monkeys, Ndele, primates
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