Friday, October 29, 2010
Photo dump
Virtual readers, I am still alive!!
My apologies for not updating in so long, we have had a busy week and I'm pretty lazy, the combination is leathal to blogs.
Here's a photo montage of my life right now, enjoy!
Vulture parade
Gopher tortoise
Big spikey spider
Sometimes the lemurs sleep in funny positions, like reclining in a tree
We carved pumpkins a week before Hallowe'en, this was my design
Naturally, a pumpkin guts fight broke out... still cleaning up seeds and goo
Also, mating season has started! Yay!
Sometimes we get really really bored in the forest
This is a Curassow, it's about 2.5-3 feet tall, looks like a giant pigeon
My apologies for not updating in so long, we have had a busy week and I'm pretty lazy, the combination is leathal to blogs.
Here's a photo montage of my life right now, enjoy!
Vulture parade
Gopher tortoise
Big spikey spider
Sometimes the lemurs sleep in funny positions, like reclining in a tree
We carved pumpkins a week before Hallowe'en, this was my design
Naturally, a pumpkin guts fight broke out... still cleaning up seeds and goo
Also, mating season has started! Yay!
Sometimes we get really really bored in the forest
This is a Curassow, it's about 2.5-3 feet tall, looks like a giant pigeon
Giant bloody bug bites are my favourite thing (Meg, this is for you!)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
An exciting discovery!
This will be a quick post as I don't have too much to share right now, but yesterday something neat happened!
We were out in the woods (getting destroyed by gnats) with a lemur troop and an armadillo showed up! Yes, that's right, a freakin' ARMADILLO!!!
... this might not seem exciting to you, but I've never seen an armadillo here, so it was a big deal.
... this might not seem exciting to you, but I've never seen an armadillo here, so it was a big deal.
And here it is:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The good and the bad
Zoology and research are really interesting and rewarding job choices, who doesn't want to play with animals all day? I feel extremely lucky to be on this island and part of both fields. The unfortunate part is that animals get sick, injured, rejected, lost, and sometimes die.
Yesterday we had our first day of really good data collection. The lemurs were active for a decent portion of the afternoon and were jump fighting (which is play for them) in the cutest way possible. Yesterday we found out that one baby lemur, Dillinger, had died through the night. Following that news, I received an email informing me that one of my friends has died of cancer at 25. So this puts me in a bittersweet place: is it right to push aside the hurt and try to enjoy the island and the lemurs while my family and friends suit up in black and mourn?
I think I'll take advice from the lemurs on this one: an infant dies, they sleep for awhile, then get up and enjoy the day. I just had a good sleep, and where as I feel terribly for my friend, moreover his family, there isn't anything I can do to change the situation, so why not participate in a jump fight and enjoy the sunshine while we're all still alive? I think that's a good thing!
Rest in peace, Dillinger!
In better news, here are some highlights of yesterdays research! (photocred: Scott Johnson)
The best part of research is when you get lemur kisses
Yesterday we had our first day of really good data collection. The lemurs were active for a decent portion of the afternoon and were jump fighting (which is play for them) in the cutest way possible. Yesterday we found out that one baby lemur, Dillinger, had died through the night. Following that news, I received an email informing me that one of my friends has died of cancer at 25. So this puts me in a bittersweet place: is it right to push aside the hurt and try to enjoy the island and the lemurs while my family and friends suit up in black and mourn?
I think I'll take advice from the lemurs on this one: an infant dies, they sleep for awhile, then get up and enjoy the day. I just had a good sleep, and where as I feel terribly for my friend, moreover his family, there isn't anything I can do to change the situation, so why not participate in a jump fight and enjoy the sunshine while we're all still alive? I think that's a good thing!
Rest in peace, Dillinger!
In better news, here are some highlights of yesterdays research! (photocred: Scott Johnson)
The best part of research is when you get lemur kisses
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Swim babies, swim!
Hello out there!
Yesterday was busy and amazing! I was too tired to post pictures last night, but now I might even have enough energy to write a little, yay!
We have weekends off this season which is nice, so yesterday we went exploring a little. We spent some time on the beach and swimming in the Atlantic (I'm sure all the Canadians reading this are turning green right now), then we explored the old slave cabin ruins, check out the hornbills again, had a bonfire, and most importantly we had the opportunity to be part of a loggerhead sea turtle release! So last night at dusk we drove out to the beach (after getting lost twice) and cast about 30 baby sea turtles into the ocean! My life is complete now, I can die happy!
Spot the bird
For some reason this seemed like a good idea at the time...
Releasing our babies
Babies making a run for the water
Joe
Gator!
Slave cabin ruins
This picture isn't very good, but they were locking beaks and I thought that was really cool!
Yesterday was busy and amazing! I was too tired to post pictures last night, but now I might even have enough energy to write a little, yay!
We have weekends off this season which is nice, so yesterday we went exploring a little. We spent some time on the beach and swimming in the Atlantic (I'm sure all the Canadians reading this are turning green right now), then we explored the old slave cabin ruins, check out the hornbills again, had a bonfire, and most importantly we had the opportunity to be part of a loggerhead sea turtle release! So last night at dusk we drove out to the beach (after getting lost twice) and cast about 30 baby sea turtles into the ocean! My life is complete now, I can die happy!
Spot the bird
For some reason this seemed like a good idea at the time...
Releasing our babies
Babies making a run for the water
Joe
Gator!
Slave cabin ruins
This picture isn't very good, but they were locking beaks and I thought that was really cool!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
The Trifecta
Hello all!
I come to you tonight too tired to actually write anything of substance, so here are some pictures instead!
Starting off with curiosities of the south:
I come to you tonight too tired to actually write anything of substance, so here are some pictures instead!
Starting off with curiosities of the south:
El Cheapo is a chain of gas stations
We found this bizarre cookbook in our house called "Fanny Farms Recipes", and yes, that is a recipe for scrambled eggs with brain...
Today we saw some deer (photo credit: Scott Johnson)
And we saw some Sandtail cranes, which were insanely close to us
... and decided to eaves drop on the conversation between the zoo staff and researchers.
Moses!
I'll leave you with a riddle:
What do you get when you cross three primate researchers and no substances to abuse?
The Trifecta!
Moses!
Nifty little lizard on the side of the house
Ezra with her baby on board
I'll leave you with a riddle:
What do you get when you cross three primate researchers and no substances to abuse?
The Trifecta!
(That's an octopus mounting a wax turtle who is being choked by a snake, said snake has its head in the back end of the octopus. This position is called the Ace of Hearts, it looks like 69 position was up next)
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