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[pygmywombat]

monday was a horrible day for doing arboretum work. We're supposed to find all the plants in a certain quadrant, measure them, and input the data in this handheld computer thing. In order to do this, we rely on a clipboard with a long list of plants and numbers, and these metal tags on the plants themselves. the problem is, once you've gone through a list of, say, 1000 plants and you only have, say, 80 left...the plants get darn hard to find. The majority of my three and a half hour work session was spent wandering around our quadrant, searching in vain for plants i wouldnt find, avoiding the gigantic paper wasp nest that stung my coworker last wednesday, and watching praying mantises eat bumblebees. for instance: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ujn/49512137/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ujn/49512136/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ujn/49512135/in/photostream/ and that was exciting