From camping out on 'bird poop island,' chasing down wild dogs in Madagascar, or even looking for bombs in a bog in Ottawa –– no one quite does summer like scientists. This week, we revisit some of the hijinks that Canadian researchers got up to last year as they left their labs to get their hands dirty in the field.
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Camping out on a remote island with thousands of screaming, pooping, barfing birds
Dodging lions and mongooses to monitor what wild dogs are eating in Mozambique
Saving ancient silk road graffiti from dam-inundation
Prospecting for Second World War bombs in an Ottawa bog
Technology allows examination of Inca mummies without disturbing them
Eavesdropping on chatty snapping turtles in Algonquin Park
