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Zeke & Inez return in the middle of the processing & both help. We end up with an army of helpers climbing over each other. It's clear from processing that in some cases there are more than 2 litters per group or more than 2 females becoming pregnant. How this relates to mating system & social orgn. isn't clear. Some of the animals coming in are recaptures for the 7th time and have [[end page]] [[start page]] 24 [[strikethrough]] Ja [[/strikethrough]] Feb 86 been tattooed for [[strikethrough]] nearly over [[/strikethrough]] nearly 2 years. It is very frustrating with trapping, however, because the animals you trap may or may not be the [[underlined]] whole [[/underlined]] group and, the trapped [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] animals may or may not be from the same group, altho in the same location. Laurenz has trapped 2 sloths which are "hanging" around on the floor while our army processes animals. Periodically Octavio touches one & it comes out w/ a most pathetic "mew" sound. The sloths eventually sleep next door. Amusing vignettes include Octavio alway being one step ahead of me on animal IDs & patiently listening to me explain the Nyanzol marks.