(A) Mongolian lady, Javzmaa, belonging to Natural History Museum, Mongolia (photographed on 6 January 2006). Although she dissected two fish species (Lota lota and Taimen) to be stuffed in Darhadyn Wetland last summer, she was actually an expert in the mammalian study.

(B) Mongolian lady, Altantuya, belonging to Natural History Museum, Mongolia (photographed on 6 January 2006). She was working on the study of aquatic insects.

(C) Russian lady, Marina, belonging to Buryat State University, Russia (photographed on 6 January 2006). She was a vegetation scientist.

(D) Mongolian lady, Zulaa, belonging to Mongolian State University of Education (photographed on 8 January 2006). She was my co-worker on the population ecology of the salamander Salamandrella keyserlingii inhabiting Darhadyn Wetland and Shaamar, Mongolia.