Hey! Just wanted to say good morning from Dominica! Mom, I noticed you asked a question about the mountains and I wanted to answer that for you! You’re right about the mountains–the ones you saw in the pictures are volcanic, and volcanoes are responsible for the beautiful geography of the island.
And on another note, I [...]
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Dominican ameiva’s (Ameiva fuscata) are a large lizard species in the family of Teiidae which also includes several other extremely fast lizards such as the tegu’s, and other whiptail species. We have seen several on our trip thus far, but as all members of the Teiidae family which are known for their speed they have [...]
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Today was more of a work day than a play day. Following Tirzah’s blog I was in Sascha’s group. He pointed out several different types of rock corals including one of the most abundant corals in Dominica called Mustard Hill Coral. We saw several types of fire coral which are an important part of the [...]
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Today’s activities were slightly different from the last couple of days here on the island. Today Sascha and Demian took us out to the beach where we had previously been to discuss fishing techniques, but today we conducted some research. We walked further south along the beach with our snorkel gear and the equipment [...]
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