Argentina field notes, v1528
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Pearson 1987 Chelomy abr.2q - Refeção Neumeyer. 73 live trofa in leega/ acmausay/ berberis percei caught 13 aba longi and 6 Chelomy. Lots of digging along fallen logs, Excavated 0.5m² of leega/acmausay (Berberis percei and found 280g of succulent acmausay rhizomes. after 30 - One captive tested ate very little if any apple and oats, didn't touch cheese, or rosa mosqueta fruit, eat an acmausay rhizome a few times but ate less than 10g of it [it] lost 10g of weight; best much of this was probably evaporation. may 1 3 Captives overnight : #2 ate apple, maybe oats, not acmausay, not rosa #1 ate apple, maybe oats, some acmausay, not rosa, not dog #3 no apple may 2 #2 acmausay rhizomes + seeds not eaten. no rosa. apple up #1 rhizome partly eaten, acmausay seed/pods squashed open but no seeds eaten (as far as could find). Rosa fruit opened but seeds not extracted from fruit, #3, acmausay seeds not eaten , rhizome ground through, apple eaten may 3 #3 ate apple, little if any acmausay rhizome, #2 " " " " " " " " #1 " " " " " " " " , also ate the end off of one of the two rosa fruits; did not eat the rosa seeds. Body temps at 1:30 pm quiet : 36.5°, 8 36.5°, 8 37.4°