Peccary trapping

I had another day on the field tracking and trapping peccary. These little animals are so helpless - they make a funny sound when the grow frightened and the sound is supposed to be a warning call to other peccaries, maybe to stay away.

Today's trap held five peccary. We scanned each of them and only the youngsters needed to have a microchip inserted, which was done with a needle, like giving a shot. Alexine gave them each a sedative before we began working on them. It doesn't put them all the way out, so sometimes we had to cover their eyes with a blanket so they couldn't see - they get scared very easily.