On Monday morning July 19 members of the IBSP upweller team were at the Seaside Heights bay front where they met Lynette Lurig and students and teachers from the Hugh J. Boyd Elementary School Summer Program. The students were shown samples of the shellfish that are grown in the upwellers and the reasons why we are trying to help reclam the bay. While showing the kids some of our one year old clams they discovered a sea anemone had attached itself to one of the clams. Vic Palmieri happened to have a microscope in his car and everyone got to get a good look at it. Manny and the crew were very excited the witness this bit nature up close.
Wes also was able to demonstrate how clams like to dig into the sand when he placed some sand in a camera lens cap and added some clams. It was not long before the clams were franticly trying to dig into the sand. Manny wants to sent out his thanks to Wes, Vic, Bob, and Dolores for their help with one of the best demos that he believes he was involved in.
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