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Rule #1: Never sit below a monkey
Something dribbling from above as I hastily duck away with the realization that it’s probably coming from that little Samango fellow scratching his leg innocently—already breaking Rule Number 1 when following monkeys. Back at Lajuma for about two weeks now … Continue reading
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Tagged lajuma, monkeys, primates, samango, samangos, south africa, sykes
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Following monkeys!
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Tagged lajuma, monkeys, mountains, primates, samangos, south africa, sykes, vervet
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In the trees with monkeys…
Straddling a wide branch and passing up trays to a student for his bushbaby project, we could hear and see trees bending and swaying under the weight of what we presumed to be Samangos. We were right! Out popped “Nelson” … Continue reading
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Tagged baboons, bushbabies, forests, lajuma, monkeys, mountains, primates, samangos, south africa
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Playing in the mountains and a moonlit walk up Lajuma
As Hai, one of my climbing partners, would say, “You gotta trust your feet!”–something I’m definitely learning to do while bushwhacking through the bush. My work for the PhD student, Ben, has been centered around vegetation transects so John (the 20 … Continue reading
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Tagged baboons, full moon, lajuma, monkeys, moonlight, mountains, primates, samangos, south africa, sunrise, vervets
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