Day 1:
Today, I took a picture of a symbiotic relationship between a sea anemone and a clownfish. The clownfish has a mucous membrane on its skin which protects it from getting stung by the venemous anemone, so it eats the parasites and fish that attempt to feed on the anemone. In return, the anemone provides protection for the clownfish from its predators.
We can apply this by remembering that it is not always a one way beneficial relationship between man and nature, as we can benefit from nature while protecting it too. :
Day 2:
Something interesting I saw today was that the coral reef was way above sea level. This was particularly interesting because it was odd seeing coral reefs very high up in a mountain. After researching about the cause of this, I realise that it is due to the violent volcanic eruptions which were also from the shift in tectonic plates.
We could use this knowledge to learn more about how powerful the earth is, pushing hundreds of tonnes of rock hundreds of metres above sea level.
Day 3:
The picture I selected was a microscopic view of a mosquitos eye, and it caught my attention as the eye seemed to be made up of many smaller eyes. After doing more research, I found that mosquitos have compound eyes, which are made up of thousands of individual lenses which allows them to have a wide field of view.
This is applied in 360° cameras, which allow for a full view of the surroundings while making use of lens that warp the images to show everything.
Day 4:
I saw a turtle with a tumor, and wanted to find out what caused it so i asked the handler what had caused the bumps on its body. After doing more research, i found that the disease only affects sea turtles, as they have the gene that can mutate to form the tumours.
Treatment is the freezing of cells until the tumours fall off, which is normally painless for a sedated turtle. That was the reason why the turtle was in , as mixing with other turtles could have infected other turtles.
Day 5:
The picture which caught my attention was the one of the shark handler feeding the nurse sharks. The reason why this picture is interesting to me is because the nurse shark seemed to be spitting the water at us when feeding, and the handler said it was a defensive mechanism. However, after trying to find out more about how a shark would have a use for this kind of mechanism, I could not find any research articles on this. This leads me to believe that the nurse sharks were just dispelling water from their mouths, as their method of feeding was to suck in the water in front of them.
Day 6:
The picture I picked was the ROV we saw on campus. This was interesting as I found out that the cost of the ROV was 350k SGD, which was a very large amount of money for an unmanned vehicle. This can be applied to my own ROV project, as the many functions such as sonar and a high strength mechanical arm
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