Saturday, May 21, 2011

Male chimpanzees feed less when oestrous females are present

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Mating for male chimpanzees involves a lot of noise, running around and fighting. My latest analyses from the thesis study I conducted at Ka...
Monday, March 23, 2009

Kokolopori trip 2007: new photos from the DRC

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Sunday, January 14, 2007

Out of the Congo

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Yesterday my Congo trip came to an end. I boarded a flight from the Kinshasa airport, which took me back across this vast forested country, ...

Gallery: The Hali-Hali Bonobos

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All images by Alexander Georgiev From October to December 2006, with the help of local trackers, I followed the bonobos of the Hali-Hali c...
Friday, January 12, 2007

Gallery: Leaving Mbandaka

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Image: Michael Hurley/BCI Wednesday, 10 Jan. With minutes before the Kinshasa flight check-in at Mbandaka airport we gather for yet another ...

Gallery: Australians

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Image: Michael Hurley/BCI Left to right: Phil, Luke, Angus. Two lawyers and a doctor in between. Obviously having a sophisticated conversati...

Gallery: Misty morning

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Image: Michael Hurley/BCI One of the mornings between Saturday and Monday. We're still travelling on the aptly named "Bonobo"...

Gallery: Drifting down the river

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Image: Michael Hurley/BCI Once we got through the narrowest part of the river, the journey became more enjoyable and calm.

Gallery: Boat accident

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Image: Michael Hurley/BCI One of the more harmless collisions we experienced with riverine flora shortly after embarking on the return trip ...

Gallery: At the river

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Image: Michael Hurley/BCI Jan 5th. Leaving Kokolopori. People from the villages are at the bank of the Maringa (Luo) River to see us off. So...

Gallery: Nsondo stream

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Image: Michael Hurley/BCI Jan 5th: leaving Kokolopori. Getting even closer to the boats and the river - we cross Nsondo stream. The same st...

Gallery: last minutes in the forest

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Image: Michael Hurley/BCI On the way to the 'libongo' - the little port at the Maringa (Luo) River where the boats wait for us. The...

Shipping shit:

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Kinshasa Friday Jan 12 All Australian people have now left the house. On their way to their Koala-full country or some other exotic location...

Back to civilisation: Jan 9

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Out of the darkness of the night on the vast Congo River the lights of Mbandaka finally came through late yesterday evening. We were approac...
Tuesday, October 17, 2006

FROM ALEX GEORGIEV

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Hi guys Tomorrow is the first and likely the last chance I get to send emails out of the forest. You will get them, without doubt with some...
Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Pre-departure

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Its Tuesday morning. We are still in Mbandaka. The boat is almost full to the roof with luggage and provisions so much so that my ...bed for...
Monday, September 18, 2006

Cash flow

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With no ATMs in the forests ahead of us, cash is the way to go. And lots of it. It is not as much as it looks like, though. The Congolese Fr...
Sunday, September 17, 2006

Curious facts

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Did you know that Mbandaka was founded by Stanley in 1883 with the name of Equateur? Find out more about this town in Wikipedia .

Sunday - luggage day

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Earlier today people were busy packing lots of luggage. You have to imagine the heat, humidity and copious perspiration that goes along with...

Sunday evening on the river

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Here are some pictures from this evening - our boat is getting ready for departure and to demonstrate it Le Blanc took me for a quick spin o...