Today was a wet and exciting day; we went to the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab! We started the day exploring the different touch and 'look' tanks. In the touch tanks we looked at many different species of crabs, star fish, sand dollars, mollusks, and sea urchins. In some of the look tanks we saw red fish, black bass, loggerhead sea turtles, and nurse sharks! The girls especially liked observing 'finding Nemo' :) We moved back into touch tank territory and played with fiddler crab and my favorite, horseshoe crabs! From there we went to the dock to get more hands on experience! We collected many different species! For example, we collected sea walnuts, nudibranches, a teeny-tiny flounder, barnacles, sea squirts, and so many more.
At this point in the day our girls were wore out and hungry; I definitely heard stomachs growling, so we took a lunch break to fuel up for seining. After lunch the girls went to the marsh and seined, which involved walking out in the gulf with a large, long net to collect more specimens. The fan favorite today was throwing anchovies back into the water; that's right parents today your SciGirl saved lives.
Overall, today was a great day! We can't believe tomorrow is the last day of camp :( We can't wait to see everyone's families at the reception tomorrow night; 5:30 pm at WFSU, be there or be square!
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