Today we got to Lisianski a half a day early! We have been making excellent time with everything. Because we got in early the crew let us take the boats out and go snorkeling. The archeology team went tow-boarding to try to find some new wrecks and apparently they found two! I ended up going out with the invasive species team (the team that my advisor is on). It was really fun. We went out to the island and snorkeled around flipping over rocks looking for inverts. We did not find too much, which was a very good sign. Or, it could have been because the water was so murky that it was impossible to see anything. :) This site was swarming with monk seals and they were very curious as to what we were doing. We are not allowed withing 200 yards of any monk seal and even look at them the wrong way. But, if they swim up to us I guess there is not much we can do about it. One of them came right up to my advisor, bumped her in the back, and yelled. It was starling at first, but it don't think I have ever laughed so hard. They are harmless, but like I said very very curious. It was also nice to be snorkeling in some calm water where ships would not normally crash....lol Tomorrow I am going to dive with the invasive team again at some P. compressa patch reefs which could possible one of my future sites.
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