Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Elephant Grass & Viper

"A local superstition in this area is that people encountering a Gaboon viper while hunting will not have any success that day. Perhaps as a result of this belief, several of our team members lost interest in the tracking and may not have turned in their best work for the day." [Dr. Mike Loomis on today's Elephants of Cameroon efforts and on working with another culture]

Elephant grass also contributed to today's challenges, even 'though a female and her calves "were never that far ahead of us".

Yesterday, a dart was fired at one of four elephants but "it was simply not to be..."

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