Friday, August 24, 2012

Interspecific mohawks

As I said before, this month I am helping with camera-trapping; nice task that consists on walking several kilometres a day collecting the cards of the camera traps, changing batteries and then coming back to the Barn to tag the pictures and ID the leopards; helping to construct the home ranges of these last and to assess the biodiversity of the area and its activity patterns, among others.

While tagging I could not stop noticing a marked trend among the animals, unrelated to the species...there are many punks around the mountain! Just see it by yourself

Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)

Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani)
Brown hyena ( Hyaena brunnea)
African civet (Civettictis civetta)

















































































And the kings by excellences of mohawks, the porcupines (Hystrix africaeaustralis)
 





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