This video is of the infant in group R, he’s a little over two years old and almost completely independent from his mother now. The last time I was here, he was still in the weaning phase and she spent a lot of time carrying him. Now he’s flinging himself all over the canopy, exploring and practicing his locomotion. His older sister is VERY rambunctious and he is CLEARLY following her lead because the two of them get pretty feisty with their play bouts, wrestling and chasing each other around. In this video, Rarin was crossing over me quite close, so I got out the camera and then he got a bit nervous – you can see he keeps looking down at me, and looking up (at his parents), so I put the camera away to calm him down. But it’s a pretty cool shot, the quality is not the best, it’s a bit out of focus but next trip with the super camera for my research the videos will be AWESOME!
Here’s another cool video.
This is of Rarin’s mother, Brit, traveling from one feeding tree to another.
Gibbons are so great!
Script from an actual conversation I recently had (inadvertently) with a few friends. Friend 1: "So, what are you going to do?" Friend 2: "I'll have to do something different... I want it to be.. be... more like... I have to start thinking out-of-the-box like Jackie" Jackie: "What box?" ;) Source: http://www.fromupnorth.com/2011/03/various-quotations-222/ Finishing your PhD is hard work; you spend a great deal of time swimming around in your head, trying not to drown in your thoughts. I’m not sure how successful I have been with this lately. But what’s for certain is that I’m not blogging about it, cause it's been a while since we last chatted, eh. :) I love what I do. I love gibbons. LOVE.THEM. But not every part of doing what you love is that wonderful. Sometimes it can be grueling getting from point A (blissful life in the forest) to point B (back to blissful life in the forest). As many of you know, I haven’t always been a fan o...
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Not too happy to hear of the banded krait. I would have preferred to have had it a bit more elusive when you were around.
One week left in this short visit. Have fun. Keep safe - run fast and stay inside.