“We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children's memories, the adventures we've had together in nature will always exist.”
The children got a chance to meet with the biologists on base this month and help assess the health of the pond. This is determined, we discovered, by the variety of critters those nets pull up. The good word is that there were plenty – plenty of muddy, slimy, slippery critters dredged up by very enthusiastic budding biologists.
They learned that presence of too many of the itty bitty bloodworms would suggest the pond is low on oxygen and that he dragonfly nymph is apparently the equivalent of the lion in the jungle – king. Said critter obliged by demonstrating an impressive consumption of a teeny shrimp.
The bigs had to take a bye on this trip since it was dental appointment day for them.
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