Camper Chronicles Week 8 / Day 3

Day three of animal keeper camp was a blast for the campers! Enjoy.

Abby, “The best part of the day was the snakes I pet.”

Harris, “My favorite thing I did today was I got to see seahorses eat food. Also I got to see a giant clam.”

Chyanne, “My favorite part about today was making sand art and swimming at the beach, I also liked holding a green snake.”

Kirra, “My favorite part of the day was feeding the seahorses. They ate frozen food. My other favorite part was feeding the other fish!!”

Eason, “The thing I liked best today was when I had blood worms in my hand and then the fish nibbled them off my fingers.”

Cameron, “My favorite part was feeding the fish.”

Morgan, “Today I got to feed some different kinds of turtles.”

Ashley, “My favorite part of the day was swimming at the beach with my friends! Also feeding the tanks.”

Kylee, “My favorite part of today was going over the waves and getting knocked down by them.”

Rob, “My favorite thing I did today was feed the turtles.”

Alana, “My favorite part of the day was playing at the beach with my friends. I also enjoyed holding a snake.”

George, “My favorite part was watching the baby alligators and feeding the frogs. “

Hannah, “I loved the beach! It was so much fun!”

Preston, “The best part of the day was going to the beach.”

Sarah, “My favorite part of today was swimming at the beach.”

Camper Chronicles Week 8 / Day 2

Day two of Animal Keeper camp was a day filled with beach fun! The campers hung out at the beach all morning, and afterwards learned how to take care of animals that reside at the Aquarium. Here is what they had to say.

Avery, “My favorite part was swimming.”

Aquarist Sarah, “I liked feeding the baby seahorses and seeing the clownfish exhibit from the top. Did you know that seahorses eat brine shrimp, which are the critters we all “sea monkeys”?”

Abby, “I think that feeding the animals is great. My favorite part was cutting and preparing the food. It was great.”

Eason, “The thing I liked about being an Aquarist was that you get to see how different it is behind the scenes then it is when you’re a visitor.”

Harris, “I liked that I learned a lot about octopus, like that they can fit through anything this is the size of their beak.”

Rob, “My favorite part about being a keeper is taking care of the snakes.”

Hannah, “The thing I liked the most was that we got to hold a snake, also that we got to “play””

Ashley, “Being an Aquarist is so much fun you see things other people can’t! You feed and take care of all the animals. Thanks, it’s so cool!”

Kylee, “My favorite part about being a keeper is that I saw a jellyfish eat and they throw shrimp in an octopus tank.”

George, “My favorite part was holding the snake and letting it slither all over me, and feeding the poison dart frogs fruit flies.”

Chyanne, “I liked making gel food and feeding one of the exhibits fish and gel food.”

Alana, “The thing I liked about being an Aquarist today was chopping up the fish. I also enjoyed feeding the fish and watching them swarm around food.”

Morgan, “One thing I liked about being an Aquarist was that I got to find dart frogs, they were all hiding.”

Preston, “The thing I liked about being an Aquarist is I got to help prepare food and feed it to the animals.”

Kirra, “My favorite part about being an Aquarist was getting to feed the octopus shrimp.”

Cameron, “My favorite part was that I got to feed the animals.”

Camper Chronicles Week 8 / Day 1

Camper Chronicles is coming to an end since this week is the last week of summer camp at the Aquarium. On the first day of camp the campers spent the day at the salt marsh, as well as learned the beginning steps to becoming an Aquarist. Here is what they had to say.

Ashley, “Today I learned that you have to wash my hands before and after you handle your animals.”

Abby, “Animal keeping is a very serious job. It is also very fun. Here at the Aquarium there are many animals to take care of. The workers here are doing a great job.”

Hannah, “I learned that it takes a lot more than just feeding the animals. It takes time and dedication. You also need to care about the animals.”

Harris, “When you design a habitat for an animal it has to switch its properties. Also it has to have enough food for all of the animals in it.”

Kylee, “I learned that turtles need vegetables, fruit, and worms, and that the males are mean when they eat.”

Alana, “I learned that being an animal keeper it is important to never feed the animals too much, or too little. It’s also important to know what type of food to feed them.”

Kirra, “Today we learned about being an animal keeper. We went to the salt marsh and learned how to crab fish.

Chyanne, “I learned that they keep the newly caught fish in quarantine for one month to help it get used to captivation. Also the shark won’t eat for two weeks while getting used to captivation.”

Sarah, “Today I learned that Aquarists have to wash their hands every time they touch a snake, even if they are getting ready to touch snakes of the same kind.”

Preston, “I learned that being an animal keeper takes a lot of work, but in the end, it all pays off.”

Cameron, “You need to lock up even the smallest animals or they will escape. I also learned if you’re aggressive to an animal it will be aggressive back. “

Morgan, “Today I learned what to feed seahorses and how much they should be fed. “

Avery, “Aquarist have to wash their hands because they don’t want to pass germs to another animal.”

George, “It doesn’t take much food to feed a fish, especially the small ones.”

Eason, “I learned that if you put two male box turtles beside each other they will get ugly.”

Camper Chronicles Week 7 / Day 5

The last day of animal keeper camp was a sad day for the campers. They reminisced about their week long adventure and their favorite activities. Here is what they had to say.

Shelby, “The best part of camp was shadowing an Aquarist.”

Mady, “The last day. My favorite part of camp was when we got to talk to the diver in the tank and when we went to the beach. “

Conner, “I loved two great things about camp, cleaning a fish tank and talking to the diver.”

Sarah, “I loved holding the mud snake and talking to the diver.”

Quentin, “The best part of camp overall was the beach.”

Jacob, “The best part of keeper camp would either be going to Zeke’s Island (traveling by canoe) or shadowing Aquarists. I loved feeding the animals and paddling to the island.”

Andrew, “This camp was really fun and great. We went to the beach and got a pizza party. We learned a lot and we had fun.”

Kirstyn, “I love camp! It has been so much fun. Everything we have done has been filled with action packed awesomeness! I LOVE THIS CAMP!”

Haley, “Overall, my favorite part of camp was canoeing to Zeke’s Island and going to the touch tank. I think this is an awesome camp.”

Kristin, “My favorite part of this week was meeting Jenny, Andy, and all my new friends.”

Gabrielle, “My favorite part overall was the pizza party, watching a shark come in, and canoeing.”

Alex, “My favorite part was the pizza party.”

Camper Chronicles Week 7 / Day 4

On Day four of Animal Keepers camp the kids learned how to take care of aquatic animals. Here is what they had to say.

Shelby, “My favorite part of this week was cleaning out the tanks in quarantine.”

Andrew, “Taking care of the aquatic animals was the best part. “

Remy, “Rem’s here. My most favorite, neatest, and most interesting part was holding a mud snake and feeding sea turtles and seahorses. I enjoyed it all! It was so fun!”

Hannah, “Hello, I’m Hannah. My favorite part of the week would be going to the beach because it was so fun and you got to make sandcastles. “

Haley, “In my opinion the neatest thing was being able to clean out the cages in quarantine because we got to touch the salamanders and frogs. Even though it was messy, it was awesome.”

Alex, “Cleaning the tanks was my favorite part because I got to see the animals.”

Mady, “The best part of being a keeper is that you get to interact with a lot of animals.”

Jacob, “My favorite part about being a keeper at keeper camp is following Aquarist around and watching and helping them. I moved crabs, fed frogs, lizards, and newts. I saw baby fish, and fed turtles and fish. The only problem was when I went home my hands smelt like fish! I got to go to the staff only areas. This camp was awesome!”

Gabrielle, “My favorite part was feeding the horseshoe crab and learning and watching what the Aquarist do after they catch a shark. It was awesome!”

Kristin, “My favorite part was with Melissa when we got to pet the baby horseshoe crab. That was so neat!”

Quentin, “The best part of being a keeper this week was feeding the sturgeon fish.”

Conner, “I liked just being with the animals all the time. Every animal was really fun!”

Sarah, “I held a mud snake, it kept trying to hide and the tail kept wrapping around my wrist. I also fed baby sea horses and the sea turtles and jellyfish.”

Kirstyn, “I got to hold a mud snake. It didn’t feel real. It was so cool. I loved going behind the scenes. I also loved feeding all the animals. This camp has been so cool.”

Camper Chronicles Week 7/ Day 3

Day three of Animal Keeper camp may have been a bit blustery, but it was worth it! After a canoe trip to Zeke’s Island, the campers went behind the scenes to help Aquarists feed the animals. Here is what they had to say.

Mady, “The most interesting thing I did today was get to see and touch a shark that they just caught in the river. It was so amazing and interesting.”

Conner, “We fed fish, turtles, lizards, and snakes today. We canoed to Zeke’s Island. “

Haley, “The most interesting thing I did today was canoeing because once we got to the island we got to go swimming. In certain spots it was really deep and then sometimes you were on a sandbar. It was awesome.”

Jacob, “Today at keeper’s camp we canoed to Zeke’s Island and played in the water. I caught two hermit crabs and released them. My sister caught three. I also liked shadowing an Aquarist; we fed turtles, frogs, and newts.”

Chase, “The most interesting thing I did today was canoeing because I was with Tom and we beat everyone else to the island. “

Shelby, “The most interesting thing I did today was play with Wilson the duck because he was molting.”

Gabrielle, “My favorite thing about the day was when I saw them carrying in a sandbar shark from the river! It was so cool, and we got to pet it. “

Sarah, “I fed a girl diamond back turtle gelatin stuff and fish bodies. “

Hannah, “An interesting thing I did today was see the first out of five female sharks. It was a sandbar shark.”

Remy, “Remy here. I think the most interesting thing today was Zeke’s Island. What was cool was the swimming; the holes where so deep nobody could touch the bottom. “

Kristen, “The most interesting thing I did today was we saw them carry a sandbar shark in from the river. We also got to pet it.”

Andrew, “I didn’t know that some turtles have long nails.”

Alex, “The most interesting thing that I did was feed a snapping turtle because it was cool.”

Quentin, “The most interesting thing I did today was crab fishing. “

Kirstyn, “Today I saw baby alligators; I fed the amphibians, canoed, and swam in brackish water. I had a wonderful day. I love camp!”

Stay tuned for tomorrow!

Camper Chronicles Week 7/ Day 2

Day two of Animal Keeper camp was a sand-filled fiesta for the summer campers! After playing on the beach all morning, the campers learned how to feed the Aquarium’s animals. This is what they had to say. Enjoy!

Conner, “I went to the beach with my boogie board and my friends, and had a blast! We also got to feed the sea turtles. Being an Aquarist is really fun!”

Kirstyn, “My favorite part of the day was when I got to hold a moon jellyfish. Then after that we fed it to the baby sea turtle. The jellyfish felt really weird. The turtles were cool. I love camp.”

Haley, “My favorite part of the day was going to the beach because we got to boogie board and swim. The water was perfect for swimming in. Luckily I saw a huge fish jump out of the water. “

Remy, “I’m Remy, and today was awesome. My favorite part was watching the cute sea turtles eat. It was funny watching them snap at the food. “

Jacob, “On the second day of keeper’s camp we fed seahorses sea monkeys. Then we cut up fish and squid and fed the puffer fish, turtles, and other fish. We even got a clam shell. To finish off the fun events we painted a rubber fish and printed it on our shirts.”

Chase, “My favorite part of the day was the beach because the surf was crazy.”

Kristin, “My favorite part today is visiting behind the scenes because we got watch Ginger fed the frogs. Another thing I learned is the frogs aren’t really poisonous, it’s because of their food that their poisonous.”

Mady, “My favorite part of the day was when I got to hold a mud snake, and I really want one!!!!!”

Quentin, “My favorite part of the day was at the beach. I love the beach.”

Alex, “I enjoyed feeding the fish!”

Gabrielle, “My favorite part of the day was making t-shirts, holding a snake, and going to the beach. “

Shelby, “My favorite part of the day was going to the beach because there were huge waves. We were constantly being knocked down. “

Andrew, “I loved the beach because I could build sandcastles, swim, and chill out!”

Hannah, “Hello, this is Hannah I touched a snake, an actually snake, how cool! I can’t believe it! That was my favorite part of the day!”

Sarah, “My favorite part of the day was when we touched a moon jellyfish, and then fed it to three sea turtles. “