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Monthly Archives: July 2024
Marlo’s Blog – 06/26/24 Chat, Is This What Heaven Is Like?
Today was a good day because today I got to dig. On a fateful day in 2012, my uncle, who was probably just sick of hearing me yap, handed me his iPhone and let me play the new game he’s … Continue reading
Marlo’s Blog – 06/25/24 We Go On A Side Quest
Okay, so I’m realising that I mixed up my days, and the portal into the past I wrote about yesterday was actually the afternoon of the 25th. So just reference that if you want to know what my afternoon was … Continue reading
Marlo’s Blog – 06/24/24 I Have Been Healed By A Magical Potion
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: It appears as though the elixir of life that is Cipro has cured me of my ails, for when I awoke this morning, my pains were but a not so distant memory. So, … Continue reading
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Alex’s Blog: The Journey Home (6/28-6/30)
In the wise words of my mom, the journey home was a “helluva trek.” We started on our way Friday morning at 7:30 am. With clear eyes and full hearts, the BIOS/ANTH 323 crowd did not know what we had … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024, Alex, Ecomorphology, Homebound, Large Felids, long journey back to Houston
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Marlo’s Blog – 06/23/2024 I’m too sick to be funny
This is going to be a short one. I was pretty sick all night, didn’t get much sleep, and I was still sick in the morning. Dr. Sara (queen) gave me a probiotic and the largest acetaminophen I’ve ever seen … Continue reading
Marlo’s Blog – 06/22/2024 I’m Sick But It Could Be Worse… I Could Be A Cape Buffalo
Warning: this blog contains graphic images Quite the hook isn’t it? It’s not a lie though, genuinely don’t scroll to the bottom if you have any issues with blood and gore. It’s grody. But with that out of the way, … Continue reading
Marlo’s Blog – 06/21/2024 We Set Up Cameras In The Woods!?!?! Not Clickbait!
Okay, so yesterday (actually a few days after I’m writing this) I made a joke about my tummy hurting. It is no longer a laughing matter (though it may still range in silly goofy), as I ended up having to … Continue reading
Marlo’s Blog – 06/20/24 The Day I Might Have Peaked Again
Dear diary, Today, I have contracted the plague. And by that, I mean my tummy hurts. But before the development of this ailment came one of the most incredible days of my life. It seems that I’ve said that often … Continue reading
Marlo’s Blog – 06/19/2024 (but it isn’t actually that day and we both know that)
This blog post is made possible by Toyota LandCruisers, AK-47s, and viewers like you. Today we said goodbye to the Ecoscience Lodge and spent the majority of the morning travelling to the Ngorongoro Forest Lodge. Now, this is where I … Continue reading
Alex’s Blog: Buckets of Bones (6/25)
This morning, the professor from UNC Greensboro offered to take four students along to assist with his field work. Marlo, McKenna, Caroline, and I threw elbows and burned bridges to get in on his project. Not actually, but we did … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024, Alex, bone survey, Ecomorphology, Large Felids, Olduvai Gorge, OT1, Total Station, wildebeest
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