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WEEK TWENTY-SIX - No Sleepy Hollow Jokes Please
Today, the veterinary staff, students, and other interns are gathered on Sandpit Road, northeast of the compound. They’re watching our...
nekonoir
Sep 29, 20174 min read
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WEEK TWENTY-FOUR - Oh, Deer
It’s eight o’clock in the morning and I’ve just arrived at the commissary to start my work day. Inside the doorway, I pause to pull a...
nekonoir
Aug 10, 20175 min read
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WEEK TWENTY-THREE - Pork of the Sea
Way, way back in 2004, Ad Council ran a series of television PSAs aimed at encouraging people to lose weight using subtle shifts to their...
nekonoir
Jun 19, 20173 min read
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WEEK TWENTY-TWO - Reptilian Smiles
There is such an abundance of life on St. Catherines Island, that twenty-eight weeks is hardly enough time to write about everything. Now...
nekonoir
Jun 8, 20174 min read
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WEEK NINETEEN - My Roommate Has Herps
We here at the intern house are increasing in number. When I arrived in January, I became the second occupant and second lemur tamer...
nekonoir
May 16, 20173 min read
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WEEK EIGHTEEN - Cruelty or Conservation?
A woman named Laurel Thatcher Ulrich once wrote the words “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Although she may not have originally...
nekonoir
May 13, 20174 min read
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WEEK SEVENTEEN - Slow Motion Sickness
Those who know me - not even those who know me well - know that I am not overly fond of boat rides (which is a slight problem for someone...
nekonoir
May 4, 20173 min read
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WEEK SIXTEEN - The Pygmy That Passed
**Warning: this post is similar to my dolphin autopsy story, which may be disturbing to some readers. Please see my gopher tortoise...
nekonoir
Apr 27, 20175 min read
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WEEK FOURTEEN - Hamilton the Hawk
Everything interesting that happens on the island seems to happen when I'm not around (excluding the dolphin autopsy, of course). There...
nekonoir
Apr 11, 20173 min read
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WEEK TWELVE - Lemur Profiles: Picnic Bluff
Being a homeowner has never been on my bucket list. I've had a serious case of wanderlust ever since I can remember and a house seems...
nekonoir
Mar 30, 20174 min read
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WEEK TWELVE - Dolphin Autopsy
**Warning: this post contains mildly graphic images and descriptions. To bypass them and read about cute lemurs instead, click here.**...
nekonoir
Mar 29, 20174 min read
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WEEK TEN - Looking Up
A few years ago, I took a trip to Peru with a biology class. As Peru is famous for its amazing bird diversity, naturally most of the...
nekonoir
Mar 14, 20173 min read
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WEEK EIGHT - Lemur Profiles: Lynard & Skynard
(Yup, week eight is another double feature. Click here to read about the silly 'dillos.) Of all the duties that I have on the island,...
nekonoir
Feb 28, 20174 min read
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WEEK EIGHT - Hello 'Dillo
(Week eight is another double-feature! Click here for more lemur stories.) If one were to plot my encounters with armadillos on a graph,...
nekonoir
Feb 28, 20173 min read
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WEEK SIX - Fencing with Joe
Like most people, I was handed an orientation packet during my first week on the job. Tucked into the translucent pink plastic folder was...
nekonoir
Feb 16, 20174 min read
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WEEK FOUR - Canonbaaalll!
(Yes, you are seeing double - double feature! No mistake, Week Four has two articles. See the other one here.) One of the great things...
nekonoir
Feb 2, 20173 min read
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WEEK FOUR - At Long Last, Lemurs
In my very first post here, I alluded to the fact that my entire reason for being on St. Catherines Island was to be a caretaker for...
nekonoir
Feb 2, 20173 min read
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WEEK TWO - Zipper & the Sandhill Gang
Funny how quickly perception can change. When I first arrived on St. Catherines Island, I found myself confronted by the exotic and...
nekonoir
Jan 19, 20172 min read
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