Shout out to Kim and Nickie



Celebration time... just finished presentations and off for lunch.

Cole Nichols - Today was an awesome, yet tiring day. All eight groups presented their projects filled with information about ants, Blue Morpho butterflies, and cane toad toxins. My group specifically presented about the relationship between Atta (Leafcutter Ants) colonies size, and the distance and capacity of ants on their foraging trails. Ultimately this hypothesis was proven correct, supported by our consistent data and statistics, given in our presentation through regressions. The day culminated with the group doing service work for a local butterfly farm in town by digging holes for plants they eat after picking them. After, the group cooled off in a local river and I personally had the time of my life. We are leaving for Horizontes research forest station tomorrow, and I am very excited for this. That is the end of my time here, Ryan is up next.

Ryan Wiseman - The presentations today went great. It was a great feeling to relay my group's information to the rest of the group and the professors. My project had to deal with vinegar as a deterrent for the Atta ants that Cole talked about. We had an accidental finding that turned out to be the best part. Our service project was neat as we learned the type of plants butterflies prefer around the butterfly farm. The river was relaxing and so much fun. I hope that we see the turtles on the beach soon. That's all folks!



Eliot and Heath presenting their findings. 


How do you extract toxins from a toad? Just ask this group.
Mercy Academy and the professors.

Team Trinity with their professors.


Cooling off after a digging in the garden (service to the community).









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