OF LEECHES AND LEMURS: SOCIAL RESEARCH IN AND AROUND ANJANAHARIBE-SUD
Of Leeches and Lemurs: Social Research in and around Anjanaharibe-Sud By Amie Wuchter, Master’s Student, Montclair State University Nothing could have prepared me for my first leech encounter. We had just spent an hour tracking a group of silky sifakas- my first time ever seeing them in person. It was the first sunny day in a while, a welcome reprieve from the previous week spent bundled in my rain gear. From our vantage point, we watched as the family of sifakas leaped from branch to branch and ate their bounty of leaves and fruits. They hung upside down as they …