2012 Week 1

Today was our service day. We got up early in the morning and walked about a half mile to the wall we where supposed to paint. around 10 30 the temperature shot up to about 98 with 170% humidity. I was actually really impressed with the speed with which we finished the wall. Afterwards we showered off back at...

Moray Eels have small eyes, so they rely on their keen sense of smell. They generally wait in holes and burrows to catch their pray. They have large teeth and wide jaws. Also, they have a second set of jaws called pharyngeal jaws inside their throat that they use for capturing and restraining prey. Moray Eels feed on fish,...

The green sea turtle is a very diverse turtle that belongs to the cheloniidae family and is the only species in the genus Chelonia. This unique turtle lingers around the tropical waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The green sea turtle have a tear-shaped carapace. This exoskeleton on the turtle's dorsal side gives it protection from multiple predators....

The parrot fish lives in many tropical oceans and seas and lives in coral reefs they thrive on some different fish and coral. They can grow to be a foot long and they're correlation to parrots is their beak. They use their beak to scrape algae and chew their food.

We had our first dive today in the BVI. Our group saw life immediately after decent.two lobsters were spotted by our instructors Jeff and Laura to me and my partner Matt Mills. After about five or six minutes we sphere already spotting groupers which are endangered in these areas. Jeff speared two lionfish during our dive with his speargun....

When I woke up today I knew it was going to be a great day! I slept really well and was well rested for the day. We woke up at about 7:15 to get ready and were down at the street ready to get picked up by the taxi at about 8:00. We headed over to the olde yard...

Today I woke up at 6:45 and got ready for breakfast. I went to breakfast and it was again awesome. We learned about identifying fish in the short classroom session this morning. Then we went snorkeling for a little while. I found it was a lot easier and less tiring than I expected. I was able to see some...

This past weekend, the class was asked to research ten organisms and then blog about one they researched. The one that I found most interesting was the sponge. The sponge has so many unique attributes that distinguish them from other marine organisms. These invertebrates have no circulatory, nervous, or digestive systems and are made of a jelly-like substance known...

When I was reading the first article, I learned the the pawi was an endangered species. I also learned that in 2004 global ecotourism grew three times faster than tourism industry. During the time I spent reading group D's article, I learned that 91 of 400 marine species in Pearl Harbor are alien. Another thing that I find out...