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The elephants are enjoying the bai.
Stephanie Manka

Stephanie Manka

Stephanie Manka, Ph.D. is a wildlife biologist with 20 years of experience in mammal ecology and conservation, education, and outreach. Read her story to find out how she went from the daughter of a jeweler to a Ph.D. in wildlife biology.

Field Site Visit to Ivindo National Park, Gabon

In 2007, I took a trip to Gabon to check out two national parks as a possible field site for my African forest elephant research.

Below are some of the photos from my journey to Ivindo National Park and some of the animals we saw along the way.

For the full story of what it was like to visit Ivindo National Park, listen to podcast episode #25 Choosing a Field Site for Forest Elephant Research.

A forest clearing called a bai in Ivindo National Park. This one is really small compared to the primary one: Langué Bai.
A forest clearing called a bai in Ivindo National Park. This one is really small compared to the largest one: Langué Bai.
A researcher studying animals that come to this smaller bai in Ivindo.
A researcher studying animals that come to this smaller bai in Ivindo.
Me with a field assistant on the way to visit Langoué Bai.
Me with a field assistant on the way to visit Langoué Bai.
A picture of a forest
Beautiful trees in the forest of Ivindo National Park.
Forest elephants at Langue Bai in Ivindo National Park, Gabon.
First sightings of forest elephants at Langué Bai.
Forest elephants in the bai. The consume minerals from the soils they ingest.
Forest elephants in the bai. The consume minerals from the soils they ingest.
The elephants are enjoying the bai.
The elephants are enjoying the bai.
An elephant mom and her young leave the bai.
An elephant mom and her young leave the bai.
Langoué Bai is huge. The elephants move from one part of the bai to the other.
Langoué Bai is huge. The elephants move from one part of the bai to the other.
A forest elephant consumes soil and water from the bai while a sitatunga stands near.
A forest elephant consumes soil and water from the bai while a sitatunga stands near.
Views of me from inside the large viewing platform.
Views of me from inside the large viewing platform.
A picture of a sitatunga
Lots of animals use the bai in addition to forest elephants. We saw sitatunga like this one here and gorillas.
A picture of an elephant playing in the mud by itself
Silverback gorilla visiting the bai.
A picture of a silverback gorilla
Like the elephants, the gorillas also consume the soil for minerals.

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