Sunday morning adventure with a dead genet

We thought finding a dead genet in the yard was exciting enough for a Sunday morning, but we didn’t realize how exciting it really would be. 

Here is the dead genet in our yard.  It was killed by our dogs. I then (per usual) posted it on facebook.

One of our dear Arusha friends (Lara) posted that her husband, Charles (self-proclaimed mammal geek and animal researcher), would love to get a DNA sample from it. All we needed to do was get a 1/2 inch piece of it’s ear.  Hmmm.  The kids did already bury it but that wasn’t an insurmountable obstacle, so we stepped up to the challenge (and I’m using '”we” loosely because all I did was dig it up and then document).  Birch, with Tierney assisting, was the real hero of the day.

I now have a genet ear in the freezer [why only get 1/2 an inch when you can get the whole ear].  I hope we got what you needed, Charles.