1 February 2025

New Mammalwatching Podcast Episode: The Horn of Africa

Dibatag (Ammodorcas clarkei), Somali Region. Charles Foley

In the first podcast episode of 2025 Charles and I talk about our December 2024 trip to Ethiopia’s Somali Region and Djibouti (trip report coming soon).

From Dik-diks to Dibatags we discuss some of the rare mammals we encountered along with spectacular species like the poison-covered Crested Rat.

We describe the agony of arriving in a camp that looked like the set from a slasher movie, to the ecstasy of taking what appear to be the first ever photos there of a live Abyssinian Genet.

And we reveal how we faced up to one of our darkest fears: dinner in a Djibouti seafood restaurant.

You can stream the podcast here or download it on your favorite podcast platform.

S3 E11: The Horn of Africa

 

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Jon Hall
Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. I’ve also lived and worked in London, Canberra, Paris and Lusaka, and watched mammals in over 100 countries.
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