Day 5: Projects at Tuffy’s and Night Seining Today we finished our projects at Tuffy and Pillar Coral and continued to target species. Although our start was a little difficult, we began to grow sea legs and successfully completed our tasks. While diligently working on our projects, some interesting organisms were spotted, including barracuda, large hound fish (my personal favorite), a spotted eel, spiny lobster, and more stingrays. We determined the results to our “edge of your seat” conch race. Conch are very pretty, but not what most consider fast. Matt slid into first place with the number eleven conch. And what would a victory be without a souvenir picture kissing his speedy Mollusk to remember the glorious moment?! Tonight we will seine the beach and see what kind of critters we can catch. There will be more on the screams of the night seine tomorrow, along with the happenings of the day. We are probably a little hotter, sweatier, and much damper than those in the States, but we are having a great time, and are thankful that we had such an opportunity. By Alexandra Levesque http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/010/333500622_rWZYh-Ti.jpg http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/gallery/5454144_RPYBt/ 2008-07-16T23:43:33Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com">berrycollege</a><br />Mike and Matt working on their project</p><p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/5454144_RPYBt#333500622_rWZYh" title="Mike and Matt working on their project"><img src="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/010/333500622_rWZYh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Mike and Matt working on their project" title="Mike and Matt working on their project" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-16T23:46:22Z berrycollege http://berrycollege.smugmug.com http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/010/333500622_rWZYh-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com">berrycollege</a><br />Alex pointing to her project</p><p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/5454144_RPYBt#333500625_u3w9g" title="Alex pointing to her project"><img src="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/002/333500625_u3w9g-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Alex pointing to her project" title="Alex pointing to her project" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-16T23:45:47Z berrycollege http://berrycollege.smugmug.com http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/002/333500625_u3w9g-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com">berrycollege</a><br />Matt kissing his prize winning conch</p><p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/5454144_RPYBt#333500623_f4zZg" title="Matt kissing his prize winning conch"><img src="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/016/333500623_f4zZg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Matt kissing his prize winning conch" title="Matt kissing his prize winning conch" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-16T23:46:35Z berrycollege http://berrycollege.smugmug.com http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/016/333500623_f4zZg-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com">berrycollege</a><br />Net full of sea weed</p><p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/5454144_RPYBt#333500644_kFkYU" title="Net full of sea weed"><img src="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/IMG3359/333500644_kFkYU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Net full of sea weed" title="Net full of sea weed" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-16T23:47:23Z berrycollege http://berrycollege.smugmug.com http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/IMG3359/333500644_kFkYU-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com">berrycollege</a><br />Blue tang at a cleaning station</p><p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/5454144_RPYBt#333500633_idDSo" title="Blue tang at a cleaning station"><img src="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/036/333500633_idDSo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Blue tang at a cleaning station" title="Blue tang at a cleaning station" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-16T23:46:52Z berrycollege http://berrycollege.smugmug.com http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/036/333500633_idDSo-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com">berrycollege</a><br />Students checking the catch</p><p><a href="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/5454144_RPYBt#333500637_FD7Kp" title="Students checking the catch"><img src="http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/IMG3347/333500637_FD7Kp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Students checking the catch" title="Students checking the catch" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-16T23:47:07Z berrycollege http://berrycollege.smugmug.com http://berrycollege.smugmug.com/Other/Belize-Day-5/IMG3347/333500637_FD7Kp-Th.jpg