Cold is till going on strong. Continuing taking my
ciproflaxin, and cough drop. Can’t find the cold medicine, but I probably
missed it in a half awake state this morning. I can’t tell you what was for
breakfast cause I didn’t stay around long enough to see.
I took off around 6:12 am and tried to walk slow and scan
the trees often, but I think I just spent way too much time on the beginning
trails. I should’ve walked normally to the trails I wanted to go to which are
much further away and then take it slow. All in all I found 3 troops of
squirrel monkeys, twice I saw the same one. Really shoulda either switched to
them or done my comparative study, but I’m determined to stick with capuchins I
don’t know why they are so hard for me to find now. The squirrel monkeys made
so much obnoxious noise I kept thinking they were capuchins.
Otherwise I just found some saddlebacks, and could hear
things eating in the trees but couldn’t get a visual.
I DID find a capuchin though….I think. Same coloration, body
size, and sounds, and I’m pretty sure I saw it use it’s tail for stabilization
as it foraged. All signs point to it being a capuchin. It can’t be a Titi
because it seemed to be bigger, and the noises it made don’t correlate with
Titi monkeys. It could’ve been a Saki, but if it did use it’s tail then
capuchins can only do that. My only issue was it was alone…..like completely
which is strange for a capuchin. Anyway, I got 30 minutes of data on it
foraging which is great. I definitely could’ve stayed with it and gotten more
data, but I’m only supposed to stay with an individual for 30 minutes to ensure
I have a good variety of data.
Anyway, I started cramping up, no food and minimal water.
With the cold I just don’t feel the need I guess I dunno. Waiting here for
lunch now, going to read some articles for lecture tonight, and go back out
after lunch and hopefully find more capuchins.
I’m currently contemplating napping after lunch. I feel
utterly lazy by thinking it and I feel bad, but I’m exhausted at night at like
7 and freezing and my energy levels have been dwindling which I feel will only
worsen this cold that I’m trying to kill before it takes full affect. That’s my
justification….how’d I do? Ugh, and like the pain of my feet I can bear with.
Hiking in rubber boots that have no support kills your feet and ankles –sigh-
Maybe I’ll do a short nap and hike after and get back RIGHT before dinner. I
think that’s what I’ll do, thanks for the help J
Welp for lunch they started with chopped potatoes and beets,
yes ….I ate beets haha Just shovel it down fast. Looks like pinto beans with
rice and a little medley of carrots onions and cucumbers. Again at this point
I’m just eating before I can taste haha. Most of the food is good, but mainly
it’s eat because you have to.
My saki information from last night helped Courtney find them this morning so at least something
good happened from last nights hikes xD
I ended up not going out, I felt too sick, maybe I’m making
excuses I dunno but I hate it not being able to go out. My body attempted to
rid itself of whatever was left in my stomach when I woke up from my nap, but
it was all digested by then, so I ended up with an ab workout I guess. I’ve
spent most of my day afternoon in bed, which makes me feel utterly lazy.
Regardless of the fact I took about a 5 hour hike. Tomorrow I’m planning on
getting out there early again and going up further, my afternoon hike will be
closer to camp but I plan on making two full 5 hour hikes.
I’m sad my blogs are getting shorter and shorter, and I’m
not sure why. I may not be as descriptive as I was about my sightings I guess L I took some videos of
squirrel monkeys that I am planning to post on instagram if I can. They really
are so cute, and just so tiny. I’m at least happy I get to see them as often as
I do. They are about as big as a year old kitten and there are always so many.
Some were staring at me curiously in my bright like pink top……yeah I said I
wore pink. It was laundry day ;)
Tomorrow I promise a long blog entry full of exciting tales!
Even if I have to throw myself down a hill haha. No rashes to speak of I think.
The stuff is still there on my shoulder,
the skin is bumpy but it doesn’t itch. I have bug bites accumulating
now, but I don’t itch them as much., if at all. I mean I itch everything, but
it’s not like I need creams to stop. I dunno, but all in all still no injuries
or anything exciting haha.
It’s one of the girl’s brithdays tomorrow so their troop
organized with the kitchen to make a cake for her. We are trying to do the same
for Christian in our group and Varun, ne of the researchers here, both have the
same birthday coming up soon.
So dinner tonight iiiiisssss……oh….spaghetti with meat
sauce….well that was a surprise J
Well the internet is getting shotty again so I’m just going to end it with some
lessons and send it away J
the meat in the meat sauce is chewy >.>
Lessons learned:
#1 Peru is the #1 exporter of cocaine
#2: If you see a jaguar, obviously don’t turn
around or run, but most of the time they will run away even if they are right
next to you. Otherwise I mean……circle of life.
#3: If you see a pecari, wild pig, scream and
be obnoxious to scare them aware……..you don’t want them charging you….
#4: You will never be used to walking into
spiderwebs/……EVER! You also will never get them off you….like just don’t bother
#5: Bugs love your face
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