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ChrestomatherIsabel’s survey is intended to establish, in a reliable way, the extent and limits of the dolphin habitat on the river. There are, Isabel said, no established techniques…
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All this while Isabel had been agonizing about what to do with the dog. In New Zealand he would have been put down of course, and she…
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When we turned into the hospital I had an extraordinarily vivid recollection of visits to upcountry Cambodian hospitals in Jan 1993. They were nothing more than jumbles of…
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January 7, 2003 Yesterday, as I was writing that last sentence, Isabel came running to the door, spattered with blood. ‘Amitav I’ve been attacked by my dog. I…
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Isabel was on her way to visit Clasico, on Nov 26, when she had a terrible accident. She was sitting side-saddle on the moped – which is the…
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Clasico’s story: In June-July 2001 a group of dolphins was seen about 40 kms from Phnom Penh in the floodplains. Phnom Penh, 1993 …
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Almost nothing is known of the parental and mating behaviour of orcaella. There are only speculations based on what is known of other species, particularly Tursiops which have…
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The dolphins keep surfacing all around us, as we drift in the water here at Chroy Banteay, but always unpredictably. At 11 am it is very hot,…
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April-May is the height of the dry season and in those months the rivers fall. The topography of the river is very scattered here – there are…
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The dolphin pools have very distinctive shapes and the dolphins seem to dislike certain kinds of underwater topography. Isabel and her associates take regular soundings of the…