Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Marine Science Afloat! Best Feild Trip Ever

Today I went on a field trip out on the Puget Sound. It was awesome! We got to see this scuba diver go in the water on the 4 different television screens in the main cabin. He showed us all sorts of cool animals that lived there. We got to see a Death Star attacking a Sunflower Star (those are both types of sea stars). The scuba diver put the Death Star next to the Sunflower Star. The Death Star tried to attack, but the Sunflower Star is the fastest type of sea star ever (Really, their fastest speed wasn't even as fast as you could walk normally). The Sunflower dude easily got away. One of the workers played cool music when a sea star attacked another animal. we got to meet a baby barnacle named Barnie. We also got to watch a sea cucumber break dance away from becoming a late lunch. We also saw a sea enenemie pogo-stick off the buffet table. in case you didn't know, sea cucumbers breathe through their butt. We learned about a really cool type of plankton that glows in the dark. If you go camping near Puget Sound in the Summer & go in the water, when you come out you glow in the dark!

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