Every day, the full time research team drives out to observe 2 or 3 of the 6 study groups in the population. While there are at least 10 groups of baboons in and around the Amboseli basin, these 6 groups have been studied since they formed. That means the animals are habituated to the presence …
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You’re Doing What Now?
For the first five months of my post-Duke life, I am in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, working as a field research assistant for the Amboseli Baboon Research Project. What does that mean? Basically, field research assistants are scientific mercenaries, people hired to do the on-the-ground work that their higher-ups can’t do. In my case, I …
Anna in Amboseli 