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DISPATCH 09: Lung fish and goats
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The fossils that
the crew are finding are good, and the collection team is
busy behind them. There was a right hand side of the maxilla (upper
jaw) of a baboon with full dentition, fabulous preservation
of the scales of a large lungfish called Polypterus,
as well as the skull and some bones from a very large catfish. There must have been
many of this size in the lakes and rivers of that time as we
find plenty of remains although this was an unusually
complete specimen.
The camp has been visited daily by herdsmen wanting to sell
us goats. However they are not bringing in 2 at a time but
anything between 10 and 15 with every reason under the sun
as to why we should buy them. Although the camp manages to
put away almost one goat a day, there is not a way that we
can keep up with their expectations.
We did have to spend a day last week looking for 2 goats
that had been purchased but that had promptly ran back home
again. Its getting drier and windier in the days now and it
looks increasingly as if there will be drought again this
year as the grass has not recovered with the little amount
of rain that there was.
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