A favorite day--joining a field study of devils . So far in this series we've met devils in captivity and visited a lab studying DFTD on the cell level. Now we'll experience field work on wild devils.
Another fascinating account of the Tasmanian Devils. Thanks a lot, Dorothy. I'm fairly anxious to hear that there is a second form of face tumor disease.
Yes--the first and most awful one came from a female devil; the second one, which seems to be less easily passed on, came from a male. I think there might be even another one since I was there; I need to get totally caught up before I write my final post about this.
If I had continued in academia, I would have wanted to do field work. When I was in grad school, women weren't doing much serious field work; Jane Goodall came too late to inspire me! Altho, my PhD research involved going out in a fishing boat that collected specimens once a month with a deep net that trapped bottom-dwelling creatures and hoping it wouldn't be too choppy, so that's 'sort of' field work......
I'd take going out in a fishing boat right about now! One of my favorite field jobs was driving a 14-foot Boston Whaler all over Puget Sound in an attempt to catch and radio tag surf scoters.
Thanks for a fun resource to share with the kids of all ages in our lives!
Thanks for your thoughts!
Another writing made interesting because you wrote it! Rita
Thanks for the complement, Rita!
Another fascinating account of the Tasmanian Devils. Thanks a lot, Dorothy. I'm fairly anxious to hear that there is a second form of face tumor disease.
Jon
Yes--the first and most awful one came from a female devil; the second one, which seems to be less easily passed on, came from a male. I think there might be even another one since I was there; I need to get totally caught up before I write my final post about this.
How fun! This piece took me right back to those fun days of doing field biology work. I'm glad you were able to see this part of the process.
Thanks, Wendy,
If I had continued in academia, I would have wanted to do field work. When I was in grad school, women weren't doing much serious field work; Jane Goodall came too late to inspire me! Altho, my PhD research involved going out in a fishing boat that collected specimens once a month with a deep net that trapped bottom-dwelling creatures and hoping it wouldn't be too choppy, so that's 'sort of' field work......
I'd take going out in a fishing boat right about now! One of my favorite field jobs was driving a 14-foot Boston Whaler all over Puget Sound in an attempt to catch and radio tag surf scoters.