Visiting a shark lab
The second group of High School Marine Biology students have landed in the Bahamas. Here is a blog by two of the participants:
Today we visited a shark research lab on Bimini. We met a researcher named Kat who worked on not only protecting lemon sharks, which is the main species that they study, but also identify a number of other shark species that live in Bimini. She took us out to a pen and showed us some of the baby lemon sharks that they were studying. Some other shark species that live on Bimini are the tiger, bull and the occasional hammer head.
We learned that one of their goals was to protect the diversity of habitats of Bimini, but most importantly the mangroves that are an important nursery for lemon shark pups and a number of other species.
Talking with the researchers at Shark Lab opened our minds to the possibility of choosing a career in science. One way that we could get a career in science would be to volunteer at different organizations that care or are dedicated to protecting and understanding nature. Volunteering is a great way to meet new people that could open up a lot of new doors for us. It is important to us and many other people to get a career in marine science because we want to conserve and learn about our amazing world.
Posted by Nick Green and Brockton Malenke, program participants
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