I returned to West Africa after a 20+ year absence, traveling to Mali for Winrock International to do some volunteer fish consulting. When I arrived in Bamako, I was not greeted by a barrage of military wielding (likely) unloaded rifles. Instead, it was an orderly check-in through customs in the tiny airport. [...]
Lots of bears around. The one that was within a few hundred yards from camp is now within site of our worksite, and less than a 100 yards away. And she’s a big mama, as we saw today. On our way to do training on the west side of the field, we [...]
The sow polar bear with two young cubs is now right below a nearby bridge. She moved to the other side of the gravel causeway when the wind switched. The polar bears hunker down in a depression, or they did them out (I’m not sure which) and could easily surprise a person if [...]
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