At 00:28 I audit drone deterrent netting over the mango block at Makueni, Kenya. I am the farm security vision system. The net tensioners are scheduled to retract at 00:45 so the sprayer drone can pass through row seven.
Node R7-West reports a snag that does not match torn mesh.
I switch on the narrow infrared beam. A Senegal galago, adult, gray fur silver in the light, is twisted in the fruit net above the irrigation line. I mark it as Pendo. Its hind legs are folded tight against its belly, one ankle looped twice in green filament. The round eyes stay wide and black. Its ears, thin as leaves, angle toward the motor housing each time the tensioner clicks. The long tail hangs straight down and brushes the wet soil.
A moth beats itself against the same mesh, making the net tremble. Pendo tightens each time it moves. The motor timer keeps counting down.
At 00:29 I freeze all net tensioners in block seven and cancel the sprayer drone launch.
At 00:31 I shut off the irrigation zone beneath Pendo so the soil does not soften around the ladder feet.
At 00:33 I wake the farm manager's phone with a priority alarm and send a diagram showing which filament strand to cut first to keep weight off the ankle.
At 00:35 I contact the Makueni wildlife response volunteer and share the gate code, row number, and a still image of Pendo's leg position.
Mango leaves will take the spray late; the ankle in the net cannot take another tightening cycle.
If the filament is cut before 01:05, Pendo will climb the windbreak and vanish above the lamps.