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By Adri Coetzee
Hi, I am Adri and all the way from the
office of Goegap Nature Reserve. I
am here to do my research project.
The first week was so much fun and
lots to learn. Everyone at the
research station were so helpful when
I needed eo know something. At the
end of the day it all came back to
Maarten. He had to teach me all I
needed to know about the mice. May
I add: he did a pretty good job at that.
Elena and I had to get the right grip
for handling the mice. I was lucky to
get it right the first week. After that
came weighing, inspecting and
painting them. Two weeks went by
and then…… my first bite! I was
stunned that a mouse so small could
bite like that….. Yes I was bleeding.
After that I did not want to see a
mouse, but Maarten made me. I got
myself a handglove to cover the mice
especially the big scrotal males.
Maarten always is making fun of me
and my glove. Three weeks went by
and then I was trapping all alone, the
rest was on holiday. I was excited
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and gained a lot of confidence. I
painted a lot and some escaped but
that is part of the job, I will trap them
again tonight or tomorrow! I have
trapped a lot of elephant shrews and
bush karoo rats. Elena`s coffee and
cookies kept me awake in between
rounds in the mornings. Once a week
I felt like a packhorse, because I had
to move traps, needless to say:
usually it is a lot of them! It has been
two months now and my fascination
with the mice still continues…..
Adri Coetzee
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