Physical Education Omarsea style
29 March 2008 | Bequia
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Often our field trips involve snorkeling the corals reefs here. We carry fish ID field guides with us that show most of the species of reef fish we are seeing. The children have their own mask fins and snorkel sets. We often call out to one another that we have found a new fish. Everyone swims over and watches the behavior of that fish for a while and after the dive we use the field ID cards to learn the name of that particular species. Just three days ago Julianna sighted a large octopus moving along the reef like a brown ghostly figure. Normally quite shy this animal allowed the kids and I to get right up to it and even touch it gently. Ben was fascinated by its siphon. Used as a water jet to move quickly when frightened, the octopus is truly a diaphanous chameleon.