Day 5-Shihao (Travis)

Today we changed our schedule. We switched the snorkeling part to the afternoon and the research part to the morning. This way our lizard people could have more time to catch the brown anoles at Key West Botanical Garden (They close at 4 pm). So we got up early in the morning as usual, ate breakfast, grabbed our nooses and bags, and we were ready to go. The fish people would have to do their studies at the lab near our dorm. That would be quite salty for them I guess, you know and shrug. (Joe and kelly were helping me to become americanized). Well we arrived there at about 9 am, and things went quite well. We got about 30 lizards in 2 hours. The exciting thing for us, is that while on the way back, there was a green anole eating pollen or bugs in a flower. I could not go without it i guess. So i gave it a shot for catching, using the noose that I made from a tree branch. They call it "old school". It was not aware of me at all, and it was way easier to catch comparing to the "invadors". My companions were so excited to see that cute green lizard. I felt good about it too. But what was even more suprising was that Stephanie shouted to us that there were two iguanas out of the gate. We rushed there, one was like 3 feet long and black, and another small one which was green and about 1 foot long. Well i kind of joked about whether or not I could catch that little one. They said, "no, you can't, because the noose is too small and everyone is heading to the car." But i still tried anyway and i saw a small one under the rock by the river. It was not afraid of me at all. So i just did the same procedure and bam i got it and showed it to my people. So after that i became the lizard authority. Feels pretty solid i guess. lol : ) People got more excited and wanted to play with it afterward. We went back, ate luch and gathered with the fish people, and went snorkeling. It was also an exiting experience. We saw a couple of big reef sharks and the dive people saw a really big turtle and stingray. It was a really good day down under in the keys!!

Shihao Hu (Travis Hoo)