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AC @cheran

i don't do it here from everywhere Joined May 2007
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AC @cheran

13 years ago

Celebrating 8 mo of homeless life with a quinine drink, guava from Tana and proud macadamia in a hacked business lounge in Nairobi airport.

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13 years ago

>38 ant genera collected, rice paddies over, a bunch of amazing people and new friends met, missing field already, broadcasting mode off.

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13 years ago

Our second camp was hided away from mobile networks. Surely you missed timely updates on aphaenogaster colonies! Back in Tana now.

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13 years ago

Another day on slippery forest slopes. Ant-hunting is fun, but hard. No stress in the bush though at all. How to automate and scale anting?

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13 years ago

It's a "dry season" now in northern Mada. Rains only about 40% of all time. Ground leaches are everywhere, including all one's exposed arms.

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13 years ago

And then there's a high-altitude forest. Apparently, forest types composition scales with total peak height, which is contra-intuitive.

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13 years ago

Above the deforested area with vanilla plantations there is indeed a primary forest here after about 600 m ASL to the top at ~900 m.

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13 years ago

Went up to the local maximum at 900 m, collecting in 2 forest zones. Walking in a steep mountain jungle is fun, but no way without machete.

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13 years ago

But still the bio is soo diverse - lying now in my tent counting night jungle sounds. Couple of dozens voices. Fireflies decend along ridge.

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13 years ago

Set into routine - breakfast 5:30, collecting ants till noon, lunch, collecting till 5 pm, documenting till sunset, dinner at 6:30, bathing.

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13 years ago

This forest at ~400 m ASL is supposed to be the reachest on the island in terms of biodiversity. However, there is almost no forest left.

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13 years ago

Flew, drove, took a banana boat, hiked through jungle and now set base camp NW of Sambava. Lab and kitchen are set up above a stream. Yay!

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13 years ago

#MBC expedition will be visiting lowland forest in a remote unexplored forest patch in #Madagascar. Objective is to document ant diversity.

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13 years ago

After 3-days taxi-brousse ride #MBC field crew arrived to expedition start point in northern #Madagascar. On Wed we'll fly in to join them.

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13 years ago

Thx to AirMada we have an unexpected pleasure of en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evrard_We… and solar ladies' company - with Makay massif and Ranobe village ideas.

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13 years ago

An apparently large part of Air Madagascar fleet (2 aircraft) is now prohibited from entering EU airspace. Flights cancelled, people stuck.

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13 years ago

[Expedition broadcast mode on] Onboard in foggy Nairobi for Antananarivo to join Dr. Brian Fisher and his team in #Madagascar.

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14 years ago

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14 years ago

I just ousted Ali E. as the mayor of Datca Harbour on @Foursquare! http://4sq.com/d6LJUb

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14 years ago

I just ousted @fasooolq8 as the mayor of Chelsea Bridge on @Foursquare! http://4sq.com/cVJfYK

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