Thank you for the great advice BigJohnx13. I will definitely try to do that. I had a few great contacts with some hunters and taxidermists and will hopefully get enough samples to be able to conduct the research.
Best regards,
M
@Nyati, I agree! In fact, I find them fascinating! They look like they are coming from another planet.
Thank you everyone. I will be in touch again when the hunting season start again around March I guess.
Happy festive season!
Marine
Ha ha Ridgewalker!:LOL: We don't pick animals for how they look like (or maybe we do as beautiful species brings more funding for research I guess...). Very little is known about bushpigs so it very interesting to investigate. And in the meantime, I am working on caracals (those are really...
Good morning everyone,
Sorry, it seems like that I have upset some of you :(
Here we go:
My name is Marine Drouilly, I am a PhD student at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, at the Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa. You can find my student page...
Hello everyone,
I have a request for all the bushpig hunters in southern Africa. I am a French researcher but I have been living in South Africa for 6 years. With some colleagues, we are trying to understand the genetics of bushpigs across Africa, but we are missing some flesh samples (like an...
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