Oof breakfast did not sit
too well with me yesterday, my lower intestines are still recovering from a few
days ago. Slept it off, skipped lunch, and went out last night to south. The
night of the 5th we spent over an hour driving around the north
western part of north territory with the radio on full blast trying to pick up
any sign of Zoe but got nothing. However the radios have not been very reliable
these past few days, still work, but I guess there are times when something in
the atmosphere just makes the reception sketchy. Maybe its related to the
haziness?
Dave was supposed to be
back last night with another grad student Julie (not Julia) and two undergrad
students but the car’s engine exploded in Nairobi and they’ve had to rent a
car, so hopefully they’ll be in tonight! Better shave my legs and try to look
like a human ha ha. Though maybe I’m getting used to hairy legs, nice to feel
the breeze.
Carcass session this
morning at South so I finally got to see some hyenas. Spent a quiet morning at
the den with no sign of any cubs. Thoughts start to wander as the sky gradually
gets lighter and usually go something like this: topi. Ah..another topi. That’s
a big rock, maybe an elephant. Yes.. moving must be an elephant. No just
buffalo. Wonder what those birds are making a ruckus about…
Perspective is funny out
here, once something is more than 100m away it’s hard to judge the size. Once
the sun came up we started driving a loop and found a male hyena that Wes didn’t
recognize looking quite fat with a bloody face. So we drove up the hill and
found half the clan with the skin and ribs of something. Think I might be
starting to recognize Clovis, the retired matriarch, Java, now confirmed as the
new alpha, Cheez Whiz, Nali, and Sula. Java was controlling the session and her
sub aggressed on Clovis’s sub which also indicated that Clovis has fallen in
rank now while Slinky mostly stayed on the outskirts meaning we can definitely
confirm that Slinky is not taking over the alpha position.
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