Whats up hermanos, I haven't had time to blog lately. Too busy
with research, its hard work but its worth it. Every time we go out to
work it is a new experience.
Danger in the forest.
Watch
out team invertebrate, the snakes are very active today and were right
around where your ant traps were. We were at quadrat 5 doing our plant
count when 5 dark brown white bellied snakes showed up. I was about 10
feet from them when I heard them slithering through the trees and
vines. Some of them were pretty big and they were quick as a cat. They
were out hunting for some food, pretty scary. Dr. Brown said they look
like vipers. She and kabangu were helping us with identifying the
plants. They said they saw the huge bees (gigantic) attack the snakes
when they came slithering back by us. We finished up counting those
plants quick after that and as we were leaving one of the snakes
slithered right in front of Forrest and me. Scariest part of the trip
so far, pretty cool though. Pretty amazing stuff, the animals seem to
be more active today. Either that or I am becoming one with the forest.Other
than that, everyone has been having a great time chillen in the forest.
We had a great time doing the flocculation last night. Elise was a
great help. But all the groups know how to make this research more fun
than it already is. The walker bros have a keen eye for the birds. They
showed us a toucan today and a crazy looking owl, it was huge. My
group especially knows how to get the a lot of work done while having
fun at the same time. Kabangu hangs out with us all the time when we
are done with our work too, which is cool.
We
have one more quadrat to count. It is the one with the most dense
vegetation. So I'm sure ill be telling you some more snake stories soon.
Joe from Team Habitat
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