How a rat and bat helped heal a 90-year cultural rift

(Field Museum) Mammalogists from the Field Museum in Chicago, James Cook University, and the Australian Museum went to the Solomon Islands in search of a giant rat and monkey-faced bat -- and ended up playing a role in fostering peace between the Kwaio people of Malaita and the Western world. A reconciliation ceremony between the Kwaio and Australian scientists began the healing process for acts of violence committed in 1927, when the Solomon Islands were a British protectorate.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news