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Panic Over – Day 27
“In the areas you’re working, there is only millenii,” said Dr Fred Babweterra filling the kettle. It was music to my ears and the elation and relief swept across my face leaving me beaming at Dr Fred. “Africana is much smaller, it doesn’t grow more than 5m high and the trunk is not as thick. […]
Panic attack – Day 26
April 1, 2012
Just when you think your research is going to plan, you realise you’ve got so much more to do and you question whether you’ve been complacent. Today I had a panic attack. Isaac came to see me in “my office”. It’s the room adjacent to my bedroom where everyone in House 4 can plug-in mobiles […]
Row row row your boat – Day 24
April 1, 2012
Up until now I have had no evidence other than hearsay (albeit reliable hearsay) that Cordia was being logged to fuel the boat/canoe building trade. Today I came across more pit sawing sites in N5 and in one of them we found an oar. It must have been about 15 foot in length. These […]
Black Stone – Day 18
March 25, 2012
The local people here believe that if you get bitten by a Cobra the only thing that will save your life is The Black Stone. “What is this Black Stone?” I asked Isaac and Herbert. “It was given the name because a Blacksmith first used it,“ said Herbert as he shoveled in another mouth food […]
Families – Day 16
March 18, 2012
(NB: I’ve been trying for the last hour to upload pictures of Isaac and Herbert, but the internet is not playing ball…..AAGGGHHHHHH!!!! So once I get back to Kampala and eventually London I will be uploading more pictures. Sorry there’s only copy for this post.) I’ve always been a keen traveller. I love exploring different […]
‘Tarzan’s Chimpanzee’ Cheetah dies aged 80
December 28, 2011
This morning when I came into work there was an email from my news editor waiting in my inbox. It was news that Cheetah from the Tarzan movies had died on Christmas Eve aged 80. In the subject heading was the word “obit”. At first I thought, is this a joke? It’s highly unusual first of all […]
Interbreeding with a caveman has its advantages
August 22, 2011
I’m battling to keep a cold at bay. I’ve taken on too may shifts back-to-back, not had enough sleep and despite dosing up on vitamin C and germ-killing pills, I’m not convinced it’s having an effect. Our ancestors on the other hand had an extremely novel way at avoiding illness – having sex with a […]
Monkey signals when she wants to be left alone.
August 5, 2011
When I’m in a bad mood I like to be left alone. I find solitude quite therapeutic. Thankfully I can just pick myself and find a quiet spot, but when you’re a captive monkey the options are limited. Keepers at Colchester Zoo have found that a mandrill, named Milly, has learnt to place her hand over […]
Masking the problem – should mountain gorilla tourists cover up to save the great apes?
May 14, 2011
I can hardly believe it’s almost a year since I carted myself off to the African jungle. I remember being full of excitement and apprehension as I put aside my high-heels and lip gloss and packed my box-fresh hiking boots and 100 per cent Deet. As a city girl who’s never even been camping it […]
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