We can get very useful information from the lemurs when we have them in hand. For the larger lemurs, we need to capture them with a dart gun (more on that later), but for the smaller lemurs, such as mouse lemurs, we can use small traps that don't hurt the little guys. Put a little piece of banana in there and the mouse lemurs love it.
During the evaluation, I'll note a lot of information about the individual, such as age, sex, any abnormal behavior, and general coat, eye and teeth condition. I also take a small hair sample to later measure stress hormone levels in the lab, a fecal sample (mmmm....yes, my life is glamorous) to look at intestinal parasites and a small skin sample to get DNA from each individual.
All this data will come back to the US for analysis, and combined with geospatial and habitat data, we can tell a great deal about lemur health.
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8 comments:
How long do you leave the lemurs in the boxes before you let them out?
How long does a lemur have to been in a box before it behaves 'abnormally'?
Ha! I'm very nice to the lemurs in boxes. I'll put the boxes out in the late evening and take the lemurs out in the early morning. Plus they get banana out of the deal, so it's not so bad.
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