Operation Wallacea in Madagascar: Day 9
Day 9 – Mariarano 21/06/2024 – Friday
Friday was our last day in the forest site for this trip, we were all feeling many emotions as we completed our last survey and said our goodbyes to all the amazing staff we encountered. Group A and half of group B started off their last morning with the relaxing mist nets and they released so many different types of birds, from different physical features to different bird song.
The other half of group B spent their time doing spider and butterfly identification using magnification protocol to detect their species, the identification of these species is crucial for the production of knowledge in biology. For example, one of the lead researchers was working on a paper to aid in the acceptance of a new species of huntsmen, which hasn’t yet been properly acknowledged by science. Group C did the long lemur hike and found 2 brown lemur and a shifaka too.
All in all we enjoyed our time at Camp Mariano greatly and our so thankful to the Opwall staff, Ms Wykes and Mr Ferrari and our parents for making our experiences possible and so unforgettable.
We begin our journey to Nose Be and Antanarivo with the reverse four by four journey which was bittersweet as we realised we were saying goodbye to our newly made friends however, with the future in made we changed the vibe with our music blasting from the car as we wound our way through the savannah.
Simreen & Robyn & Rhia & Annika
