The Vervet-Sykes hybrid data collection has become rather frustrating recently as he become quite hard to find. When he has been found, the hybrid has still been looking quite battle-scarred! The old injury to his front leg seems to be still hurting him as he holds it at an odd angle and limps on it. He has recently also received a bite to his tail, which whilst being superficial looks quite painful. The bad gash to the hybrid’s rear leg, however, appears to be healing up really well- especially considering how bad it looked initially. In other good news, the hybrid has been groomed quite often by one of the female Sykes. Rob, ever dedicated, has collected a faecal sample which we will be sending off soon so that we can get a genetic profile for the hybrid.
The Colobus Team
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I’m fascinated by this story. Are any primatologists or biologists taking an interest? I would think this would be something that would be highly interesting to scientists.
Can’t wait to hear how the hybrid gets on in the months and hopefully years to come.
Thanks Rebecca! We have a primatologist working on it here, but we hope that with more time we can get some reports out so that people can see the situation we have here in Diani. We’re excited about it and glad you are too!