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"Dong Nai province, Vietnam – Dinh Quan knows just the right spot to hang out
on a warm day.
A pool of clean water with fresh grass and some bamboo shoots nearby,
preferably with vines hanging within easy reach and showing no signs of being
poisonous.
Tailing behind Dinh Quan is his junior, Bien Dong, which means “South Sea” in
Vietnamese. He is learning the ropes of jungle living from his senior who is at
least 15 years old.
The two tusk buddies are wild Asian elephants living in the Dong Nai Biosphere
Reserve, a conservation area in Vietnam which includes the Cat Tien National
Park, and where an innovative project using “camera traps” is under way to
create a unique catalogue of “elephant ID cards” for the area’s much-diminished
population of pachyderms."
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
