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Zizy Rakotomalala, early morning at camp (Ampazony) |
Ampazony was our first camp, and a site that we have worked at since 2001. This locality produced the first sirenian skull (relative of manatees) from Madagascar in 2003. |
Karen with local kids near the fieldcamp (Ampazony) |
Waiting for the ferry to Katsepy (Iyad Zalmout, Lydia Raharivony, Zizy Rakotomalala). |
Katsepy was our second camp, and required a trip by ferry across the Betsiboka. This required lots of patient waiting, as there wasn't any regular "schedule." |
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Somehow we got the car onto the ferry. Zizy enjoyed the view |
Stopping for lunch on the long dusty road to Mitsinjo (Mitchell Irwin, Iyad, Claude, Lydia, and Jean-Luc Raharison). |
Zizy and Mitch enjoy breakfast in Katsepy |
Mofo randrana, gâteau, and doughnuts |
Mitch Irwin collecting fossils on the beach near Katsepy |
Prospecting for fossils on the beach near Katsepy |
On the shores of Katsepy (Lava, Jean-Luc, Mitch, Iyad, Lydia) |
Karen at Katsepy |
Jean-Luc on the banks of Katsepy |
Papayas near our camp |
Our last major camp was the island of Nosy Mahakamby, approximately 4 kilometers out into the open ocean, NW of Katsepy. This island is only about 1 1/2 km long and 1/2 a km wide, and has very few inhabitants. |
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Loading the boat in rough water for Nosy Mahakamby |
The island of Nosy Mahakamby |
Ancestors ceremony, Nosy Mahakamby (Mitch, Iyad, Charlin, Karen) |
Zizy helping in the kitchen, Nosy Mahakamby |
Back at camp with the whole team |
Paleontology was a challenge, as we found our best fossils right by the shore, and the tide was coming in! |
Karen and Jean-Luc |
Sunset at Nosy Mahakamby |
Back in Katsepy: Mitch, Karen, Jean-Luc, Lava, Claude,Charlin, Zizy, and Lydia |
