Today I woke up at 5 again. Something must really be wrong with me. Maybe it's this cold I've come down with. I'm trying my best to fight it so that I can be at full strength for the class and enjoying the island. I went to the library after I woke up and read for a bit because the sun wasn't even close to coming up. Once the light started coming down, I went for a walk along the beach. We have a challenge to pick up trash and plastic since our cook, Pat, does it in his free time. Since it was early morning, I had first picks of trash and I found some rope and bottle caps to add to the pile of plastic and trash. I made it to Shark Bay on the opposite side of the island and saw some stingrays chilling in the bay. I love stingrays and they will come up again in a bit. On my way back to the station, I saw 18 guitar sharks chilling together (refer to picture of just a few of them). That was pretty cool, I have never seen so many sharks hanging out together. We had breakfast and then a lecture about fish and then tea time. Tea time is great, I can't find a better reason to stop everything and make some tea and eat a muffin as a morning break. Lunch came around and after lunch we went for a snorkel in the outer reefs. It is a lot deeper and there are tons of fish out there. It was amazing to see so many fish and so many different kinds of fish. You can't breathe through your nose while snorkeling so it kind of sucked having my mask fill up with snot so I stopped snorkeling early and hung out at the boat. I really enjoy being on a boat and feeling the waves move you back and forth, it reminds me of boating with my family on lakes. Good memories and times. After the snorkel, it started to rain. What kind of tropical paradise is this? Anyways, the rain only stuck around for a bit so working on research in the lab made the rain no problem. We have to do a project we design so research and creation of that has begun. I am working with cat and we both love rays so we decided to do something with them. We settled on looking at the abundance and type of rays in Shark bay at different tide stages. This would help us understand the behavior of rays and when they like to come close to the shore to chill and when they like to go out into the deeper parts of the ocean and feed. The title of today's post comes from the constant food I have been eating. Pat makes giant meals and I constantly gorge on as much as I can each meal. I don't have a weight scale, but I think I am finally getting somewhere on the cold protection.
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About MeI am the guy whose name is on the top there. I am a student who graduated with a BA from USU this year and finally gave in to Dr. Atwood's pestering to go on her Heron Island Class for coral reefs. People often call me really sassy and unhappy. What they don't know is that my resting face is angry, but I am usually pretty happy. ArchivesCategories |