The volunteers stretched out over the 50m transect
legs disappeared into the mud...not being of much use...might as well plonk oneself down and get comfortable
better to be one with the mud... Dr Tan Koh Siang (in hat) from the Tropical Marine Science Institute shows us how to enjoy the mud and its creatures
crawling out was a necessity for some of us...myself included
evidence of a close encounter... no questions about how good the mud was
Perhaps the star find was this tiny octopus ... imagine finding an octopus deep in a mangrove mudflat!
Here is a short videoclip on the organisms sampled during the survey:
for many of the volunteers today, it was their first day out on (or rather in) the mangrove mud...from the looks of it...everyone did enjoy themselves...as if it was the perfect oppurtunity to have a second childhood with an adventure in mud...lots of it!
Here are some clips of the muddy venture :
(all background audio is from the scene recorded live. The main songbirds are the melodious straw-headed bulbuls and they are supported by various forest chirpers). The birdsong really made the heavy and sticky muddy work much lighter and everyone settled into a comfortable rhythm quickly forgetting about the mud.
Dr Tan @ work...
Read Ria Tan's blog post about the trip here :
and also see
Antonius Mak's facebook for more photos of the findings and hornbills at the mangroves.
Ahmad Syalabi's facebook for more photos of the muddy fun!
And find out more about the survey here :
Thanks for taking the pics! Would it be ok if I copied my pic for my FB profile pic?
ReplyDeleteHI KJ, go ahead! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for volunteering!