Day 4 - Lectures and Study Time

Well, on the way to class this morning we saw this cute little rabbit that was just munching at the grass nice and quietly. He wasn't scared of us at all! Very cute. We had two lectures this morning; one about the mammals in humans lives, like stories, myths, art...etc...

There was a really cool story about "Sedona" an Inuit legend of a woman that falls in love with a man, but he wasn't really a nice man, so her father came to rescue her and take her away. But, the husband was furious and chased after them to get his wife back. The father was so frightened he threw Sedona over board in an attempt to save himself, and when Sedona grabbed on to the side of the boat to save herself, her father cut off her fingers. Each finger that fell to the water became a dolphin, and that was the begining of Marine Wild Life, as told in this Inuit culture.

Then we had a little break and met a cute little slug, very adorable. There are tons of them here, so I took a picture, of course, much to the amusement of my fellow class mates.

After break we learnt about Marine Mammal adaptions, which was a little longer and more intense than the first lecture. Then it was time for lunch, and we watched a movie on Sperm whales after lunch.

It suddenly became a beautiful sunny day, and we all wanted to take advantage. Some students went to the beach, others into town, but being the good student that I am, along with a couple of others, we decided to compromise and take a walk to the computer lab to work there - so at least we got some outside walking time and study time.

Oh yes! I received my personal project topic today. I will be preparing a 15 minute presentation as well as a 10 page report on the Effects of Pollution on Marine Mammals. So, since I have finished my Diversity Project, I think I will slowly begin to work on that ASAP so that I don't get stressed and overwhelmed.

Off to read up on pollution!

Kisses to all

Angie

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