Our final biology field trip took place on a Saturday. We met up with Russell (a bloke who's last name escapes me) who teaches at UCant. and drove the boat around Kaikourra. He's worked with the Stevens Point crew before and is truly a man of the sea.
Bright and early we arrived at the beach to experience low-tide. People hang glided and parachuted above us while we learned about all sorts of mussels, examinded which filter feeders hang out where, how securely they're attached to their location, and what eats them. It was quite fun. 
We also poked around within the actual pools and found snails, bitty crabs, and slug like things. A bigger crab scuttled out from the sand and harassed us for a bit as well. We also stopped back to Sumner Beach where I saw a man walking a Leonberger (a big, big, dog that Rehabber Mark from Minocqua rescues). A lovely day spent in the Saturday sun.
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