It's 2am...
and I'm awake :) Honestly, could you sleep if you knew you were starting an internship at the Minnesota Zoo early Monday morning? ...perhaps not.
Since my last post I've discovered that fish do not feel pain. They just feel noxious stimuli but don't really have the receptors to feel pain. This surprised me, but considering that sound travels five times faster in water than on land, showing pain underwater would be a evolutionary disadvantage. But this doesn't mean you can hurt fish. :D
Since November I've also managed to get a B in Microbiology. I was worried about that class, but turns out if you set your mind to it, you can do well. So I finished the semester with a grand four A's and one B. Not too shabby for my last semester. Ask my roommates; I didn't slack off. :)
I also graduated on the 19th of December and that was rewarding. I spent the holidays with my boyfriend Ray and his family in New York and now I'll be packing up my belongings and moving in with my cousin Kelly and her family tomorro-- err, later today. :) I didn't forget to pack my shark week collection, sharkwater movie and Blue Planet and Planet Earth collections.
Charmin and Parsnip (my rats) are happy to have me home and I'm hoping they'll like it at my cousin's house (which is new, beautiful and humongous). :) Her kids, Grace and Anna are excited to meet the animals too, even my snake, Cookie Monster. After the move in, I'll be up at 5am and off to start my first day as a Minnesota Zoo intern.
I feel like such a geek, but I can't wait to learn from the Aquatic's staff!
*nom*
Since my last post I've discovered that fish do not feel pain. They just feel noxious stimuli but don't really have the receptors to feel pain. This surprised me, but considering that sound travels five times faster in water than on land, showing pain underwater would be a evolutionary disadvantage. But this doesn't mean you can hurt fish. :D
Since November I've also managed to get a B in Microbiology. I was worried about that class, but turns out if you set your mind to it, you can do well. So I finished the semester with a grand four A's and one B. Not too shabby for my last semester. Ask my roommates; I didn't slack off. :)
I also graduated on the 19th of December and that was rewarding. I spent the holidays with my boyfriend Ray and his family in New York and now I'll be packing up my belongings and moving in with my cousin Kelly and her family tomorro-- err, later today. :) I didn't forget to pack my shark week collection, sharkwater movie and Blue Planet and Planet Earth collections.
Charmin and Parsnip (my rats) are happy to have me home and I'm hoping they'll like it at my cousin's house (which is new, beautiful and humongous). :) Her kids, Grace and Anna are excited to meet the animals too, even my snake, Cookie Monster. After the move in, I'll be up at 5am and off to start my first day as a Minnesota Zoo intern.
I feel like such a geek, but I can't wait to learn from the Aquatic's staff!
*nom*