Our field trip to Shannon Point was informative and a great experience to get to touch and feel many sea creatures that you do not find often unless at an aquarium. Unfortunately, we were unable to go out on the boat which is what I was most excited about but nonetheless it still captivating and interesting to see what kind of research is going on at the marine center. Such as the symbiosis of an single celled algae and a sea anemones.
My favorite part of the field trip was looking at organisms in seawater under a microscope. It was incredible to see such a huge diversity of organisms in a very small amount of sea water. When taken in perspective, this gives you an idea of just how rich life is in our seas of Western Washington. I was able to take pictures using my phone looking through the microscope. Isolating one very fast copepod in a single drop of water was quite fascinating. It spun around the edge of the droplet very rapidly, for how small it is it, they move incredibly fast.
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