I made it! It’s Friday. Hallelujah. Now I finally understand the feeling of TGIF for the workforce of America. 36 hours this week. And I am pooped. I can not even imagine what it must be like for some people. Not to mention having to deal with children and etc…. Respect x1000
We spent this morning working at the Aquarium marsh. With 4 people we were able to run 4 seine trials in natural and sill locations. Talk about a lot of species. The marsh was certainly heating up and the fiddler crabs were moving around us like an army. Our process is more efficient now and we are getting better at identifying species (and getting covered in marsh mud).
With a successful but hot morning there was no choice but to stop at DQ and get some cones. From here on out Fridays are DQ days!!!!! That was probably the best vanilla cone I have ever had.
Back at the IMS I spent the afternoon identifying species, making our fish happy, taking photos, and entering data. We also put a dead needlefish in our random species tank that now houses our mud crabs we collected during low tide at hoophole creek. Talk about a showdown. A big crab was lucky to get to the fish first. He held it in his mouth and started chomping on it quickly. Like magic, all the other crabs sensed food and started moving towards the crab. After taking my advice, one of the crabs hiding in the PCV pipe jumped out and attacked the crab holding the fish. Success!!!! A new owner. He sat the in the pipe eating…..until another crab came up and started digging one of his claws down the pipe. He ended up with the fish head. It was a battle to be seen!
My day ended after I cleaned 60 plastic bottles to be used for crab traps. I will NEVER work as a dishwasher. It was pretty terrible. Glad to know I am learning what I don’t want to do. I guess that’s what internships are all a about.
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