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Today, I learned how to record the animals using Focal sheets. I also began to identify the second and bigger troop which contains 7 apes, not 5 (like the other one I've seen on my past visits).
Here are some of my notes on Memba's troop:

Jessica- round head, round body, big boobs, cross eyed, mole on upper lip, side burns

Mandazzi- son of Jessica, slightly smaller than females, older brother

Eukuba- son of Jessica, round head, round face, (today>) bed head

Ndjole- pointy head, slim body, wrinkly face, sister of Ndgia

Bo- oval shaped head, serious expression

Alvila- grandma of the troop, grey body, skinny arms, thing legs, grumpy, birth control patch

Memba- silverback (alpha male), smaller than Paul (other silverback), pointy head

Greg, my mentor, said that today he had a meeting so he would go through some Focal sheets with me, then let me do the rest.
I got the hang of it pretty quickly. It's hard to record them if they are babies because they are so fast , and in the sheets you only have 15 seconds to write everything down. But after awhile, it got easier. The only problem was that the grandma of the troop, Alvila, hid from my point of view the entire time I was recording.

I decided since I couldn't see her I would go eat lunch, and walk around the zoo, taking a few photos. Here are some I took: