Most field primatological research is conducted from what I will call a research station. Our simian cousins live in a wide variety of wet, dry, lowland, mountainous, hot and cold environments across all continents straddling the equator. I'm going to explain a little about what I, and others, actually do in the field, and hopefully give you an insight as to why impressions of excitement and danger might be both true and false. My family and friends often ask questions about my work, such as "How do you avoid all the snakes?" "What do you do when you are attacked by leopards?" and "What about malaria?" It seems that the work of a field primatologist is widely perceived to be difficult, often dangerous, and, more than anything else, very exciting. For the past thirteen years, I've lived and worked in Central Africa, studying primates and other large mammals such as forest elephants.
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