Field Notes: January 07, 2026 Location: Central Range, Papua New Guinea ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Encounter Summary: "Don't run," Kavi whispered, his hand gripping my shoulder hard enough to bruise. We had walked straight into a cloud of scent so sweet it made my teeth ache, right before stumbling upon the source. Standing in the fern clearing was a creature the highland tribes fear more than the cassowary: the Cervus efflorescens, or "Pollen-Walker". It looked like a deer that had been claimed by the jungl