Today we did a touch tank talk and got to see and touch a starfish, a sea cucumber, a spider crab, a sea sponge, clams, mussels and a snail. The sea cucumber has cells that allow it to bulge and be flexible. I saw one turn into the shape of a snake's head and then into a ball. The starfish has little scissor-like bumps on its back. One starfish got put on dad's arm so that the ranger could show us how it grabs onto things.. When it was pulled off, it had grabbed hold of his arm hair and pulled out a couple of pieces! He said it felt like a bandaid when it gets pulled off. The colors on a starfish are for camouflage.
One type of snail will climb up onto a mussel and lick with its tough tongue that contains an acid. It eventually makes a hole in the shell. Then it will suck out the mussel and eat it.
Later in the day, we went on a carriage ride and I got to drive the horses for an hour! Mike, the driver, was very nice and put me up on Bea before the ride so that I could see how tall she is. Bea and Homer are brother and sister Clydesdales. They have the same father. Bea is grey, and Homer looks like a small Budweiser horse. When we started to head to stable on the second half of the trip, the horses knew that dinner was waiting. They started to walk faster and faster. Mike helped me hold them back. It was so much fun! I think it was the best day of the trip so far!
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| Homer and Bea eating dinner |
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