I had my biodiversity Changi beach field trip last fri. Quite a new experience consider us going there not for relaxation purpose but rather to know more about nature & life.
At first i tot it'll b a super hot day cos of the weather in sch, so warm!!!!! As we near Changi area, the weather was nice, so cooling, shady & cloudy. We all hope that i would'nt rain. The weather in fact stayed that way throughout the whole practical which lasted roughly about in total 3hrs. The shortest biodiv prac we ever had thus far. My TA was mia @ the US, so our TA for this prac for my grp was a v. fun english guy. V funny, he sent us an e-mail before the prac in the morning reminding us to remind our TA to put on sunblock...... diao, i noe but still funny.... haha.
While others are enjoying the scene at the beach, we are walking ard looking for life. I guess those who passing by must b wondering wat we all r doing. Most of us went into the water to have a look at some of the underwater life. My group manage to see a sea anemone partially submerged in the water, near it is a small cluster of small catfishes trying to burrow into the sand between 2 rocks. Cute!!!! lolx. There were a small population of drills (a type of sea predatory snails) & lots of barnacles dead & alive cn't really tell the diff. After that we r given a choice to b a fisherman for a few mins at the shallow end of the sea......to see what we could catch. We did'nt catch much.... so sad..... We manage to catch bell jellyfishes which r really bell-liked (tiny-transparent & doesn't sting), lots of tiny fishes that r like ikan billis (lolx) & a pipefish (a type of sea-horse) plus a REALLY tiny shrimp lolx.
At first i tot it'll b a super hot day cos of the weather in sch, so warm!!!!! As we near Changi area, the weather was nice, so cooling, shady & cloudy. We all hope that i would'nt rain. The weather in fact stayed that way throughout the whole practical which lasted roughly about in total 3hrs. The shortest biodiv prac we ever had thus far. My TA was mia @ the US, so our TA for this prac for my grp was a v. fun english guy. V funny, he sent us an e-mail before the prac in the morning reminding us to remind our TA to put on sunblock...... diao, i noe but still funny.... haha.
While others are enjoying the scene at the beach, we are walking ard looking for life. I guess those who passing by must b wondering wat we all r doing. Most of us went into the water to have a look at some of the underwater life. My group manage to see a sea anemone partially submerged in the water, near it is a small cluster of small catfishes trying to burrow into the sand between 2 rocks. Cute!!!! lolx. There were a small population of drills (a type of sea predatory snails) & lots of barnacles dead & alive cn't really tell the diff. After that we r given a choice to b a fisherman for a few mins at the shallow end of the sea......to see what we could catch. We did'nt catch much.... so sad..... We manage to catch bell jellyfishes which r really bell-liked (tiny-transparent & doesn't sting), lots of tiny fishes that r like ikan billis (lolx) & a pipefish (a type of sea-horse) plus a REALLY tiny shrimp lolx.
We went to see what the other grps & the TAs have caught. dun be suprised to hear what animals i have seen!!!! There's was a filefish aka leather jacket, 2 really small pufferfish, a fish that resembles a clownfish except that it's covered with dull red & vlack strips, a mantis shrimp, 2 ribbon fishes (dead as they cannot survive being caught by a net), a tiny moon crab, a cuttlefish, lots of ikan billis (haha), pipefishes and a small sea-horse (v. pretty but could onli get a look at it fom topview, haiz, wat a pity).
Unfortunately, we still had our CA after the prac at the beach. Pretty wierd..... haha, we tok a grp photo of my prac cum tut grp, too bad we r missing 1 person..... We all look rather unglam esp me..... lolx here's it!!!!
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