Mitra Mitra's Arrived in Seattle

[Linda C.]

I got a phone call that the Mitra snails arrived today in good condition. Matthew sent me this link, The videos are pretty cool to see:

http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/index.php

They are going to keep me updated on the research. My two little mitra-mitra's might be internet video stars someday...

 

[michaelg]

wonderful thing the internet is to connect such resources..... a snail that might have died, and some peeps on the other side of the country who want to study them... I can't express how many folks I've gotten to know over a few electrons.... but meeting them is where it is all about. Linda, if you ever head out west, you should go visit them.

 

[upstatedave]

congrats on your little well traveled snails making it...it is a very cool thing you did by getting them there....and it is amazing to me that hobbyists and science can combine like that to hopefully benefit both....with a better understanding of our world....and all the creatures that live with us in it.....

 

[michaelg]

When it comes to ocean science- we are soooo far ahead of the "scientists". We can keep corals alive- and many are learning from us. Any chance we have to interact with them, is an opportunity to share our unique knowledge...

M

 

[xian]

:thumbsup: :bounce1: :bounce3: :bounce2:

 

[venwu225]

mitra's are doing well so far, relatively active, but stay stationary like they should most of the time.

Currently there has been a tralling down time around the labs, so I haven't been able to obtain sipunculans, but by june 17 one of the major source for marine organisms will be in town back from a collecting trip from maine. And there will hopefully be a reliable source. SO far I have spent 40 dollars of my own money to buy live rocks and chisle them open to obtain the peanut worms, ironically they had none, and just the past year I seen tons of sipunculan at LFS.


Either way, the mitra's are still fine, as they have slow metabolic rates and can fast for months at a time with out serious adverse affects. As Dr.Kohn atest.

And tomorrow I am going to another collecting trip, to hopefully locate some peanut worms in bane bridge island of the puget sound.