A carefully folded set of leaves on the muddy floor with a bic pen for scale - first Waibira leaf sponge at the main water hole!

So pretty, so pointy.. A tiny iridescent blue green wasp with a large sting

Oops.. A faded photo of a person lying down with a catheter in their left hand

A black and white shot of a very elderly female chimpanzee in the Budongo Forest - Nambi, grand dame of team Sonso

It’s already been a rollercoaster start to #2025 so a little #gonechimping #fieldwork photo dump while I hop from East to West.. 🧪🐵
1. Leaf tools are the best tools #fightme
2. So pretty, so pointy
3. Oops..
4. Just you n me now kiddo; Nambi, grand dame of #teamSonso

#Uganda #Budongochimps

A small coiled wire snare lies on my flat palm

Two male chimpanzees groom in the Budongo forest, the one on the left has a wire loop that has cut deep around his forearm

Such tiny things. One little wire snare. Probably put out by someone to raise a little money before Christmas. But they can wreak so much destruction. Our #teamSonso alpha Frank is ‘lucky’ that it looks like he won’t loose his arm, but the impacts of a snare injury are life long 😢

#conservation 🧪

When two worlds collide with each other 🤯 maybe ex @InkawuP PhD student @BonoAxelle will abandon the vervet monkeys and start a new chapter here @BudongoChimps with #teamSonso 🤗

Today I cheated on #teamSonso to go in the forest with #teamWaibira... And for what?? The only thing I've seen was this average sunrise!
#teamWaibira = #teamNoChimps
#losers #TheyPretendToWorkAndToHaveChimps
#WhereAreThe100 ?