We did our group 4 project recently and whilst collecting data to create our poster, we also did service by helping remove the water hyacinth from the lake.
I have to admit, I did my usual panic about the possibilities thing before leaving OSC to go to an unfamiliar place and I was very ready to just not go but I eventually overcame my fears after like an hour of agonizing over the potential disasters and I left OSC at around 10 with Ms Harrison.
Everything went relatively well except for the bit of rain towards the end but other than that, it wasn’t even a fraction of what I had imagined up as the ultimate disaster. I also found a couple of damselflies and dragonflies which were cool too.
But the ultimate really cool thing was – we found a leech! An aquatic leech! A Hirudinaria manillensis! I can feel your excitement doubling with each revelation 🙂
