Aug 4, 2022·edited Aug 4, 2022Liked by Luigi Cappel
So cool you decided to share this story 👏 I love how I could follow the text listening to your top radio voice ✨ It must have been extremely exciting to travel like that at such a young age, and do all the stuff you did at the camp. I think I'd be pretty scared of using the aspirator and being so close to all these insects of various types. The moths you've mentioned must have been beautiful tho. I've never seen that big specimen. In Poland, the biggest moths are around 10cm. Your father had a truly fascinating job! And what happened at the camp around the subject of food is shocking. I can't imagine how awful you two must have felt.
You reminded me of my high school integration camp. I was in a biology and chemistry profiled class and on our first camp, we studied the local population of voles and bats. Every 3 hours (including the nights) we had to set traps (in forests, caves, and fields), measure weight, height, and check the sex of the caught animal before letting it free. I'll never forget this experience. It was absolutely awesome.
Thanks Stygi. We had some great adventures. I've never seen a vole. A friend in Australia took me to a location in Sydney, where bats live in a cave where they are protected. Each sunset, like clockwork, they fly out of their cave and go hunting in a pack. There are around a thousand that all fly out within about a minute of each other. A wonderful sight. Catching and measuring them must have been an experience. Especially the first time.
So cool you decided to share this story 👏 I love how I could follow the text listening to your top radio voice ✨ It must have been extremely exciting to travel like that at such a young age, and do all the stuff you did at the camp. I think I'd be pretty scared of using the aspirator and being so close to all these insects of various types. The moths you've mentioned must have been beautiful tho. I've never seen that big specimen. In Poland, the biggest moths are around 10cm. Your father had a truly fascinating job! And what happened at the camp around the subject of food is shocking. I can't imagine how awful you two must have felt.
You reminded me of my high school integration camp. I was in a biology and chemistry profiled class and on our first camp, we studied the local population of voles and bats. Every 3 hours (including the nights) we had to set traps (in forests, caves, and fields), measure weight, height, and check the sex of the caught animal before letting it free. I'll never forget this experience. It was absolutely awesome.
Can't wait for another story.
Thanks Stygi. We had some great adventures. I've never seen a vole. A friend in Australia took me to a location in Sydney, where bats live in a cave where they are protected. Each sunset, like clockwork, they fly out of their cave and go hunting in a pack. There are around a thousand that all fly out within about a minute of each other. A wonderful sight. Catching and measuring them must have been an experience. Especially the first time.