So a couple of weeks ago, our class went down to the Grice Marine Lab. The whole point of our trip was to catch some diamondback terrapins. We all made it there ok, and the plan for the day was to take about 6 kids at a time on a boat into the harbor and each group was to check a turtle trap that Dr. Welch has set out a few days before hand. The first group went out and only came back with one terrapin, but it was gorgeous! I was in the second group and we went out on the boat to check the second trap. There were only 3 traps to check. When we got the second trap in the harbor and pulled it up, to our dismay there were no turtles in there! We convinced the boater guy to check the 3rd trap, even though it was for the next group. He agreed, as long as we pretended we didn't check it when we got back to the rest of the class. There weren't any turtles in the 3rd trap either, which was a big bummer since it was the whole point of our field trip. I guess the little guys were out basking in the sun somewhere. It was a gorgeous day. When our group got back, we went inside the Grice lab and looked a baby terrapins. There were very many of them that came from the same nest. I think they were using them for certain experiments for tagging. They could quite possibly be the CUTEST things I've ever seen, and I really want one now! I was going to stick one in my pocket but then it pooped, so I thought better against it. The little guy I was holding loved to stick his neck out as far as he could manage. He would push against my fingers with his little webbed feet. It really was precious. I just hope that the turtles aren't getting too caught up in our local turtle traps. It would really be shame to see their population suffer.