When you poke your head out of the water and you realize your boat is gone, you know it’s going to be an interesting day… On the magical island of Mo‘orea in French Polynesia, we marine biologists generally steer clear of wealthy tourists on their honeymoons/anniversaries, but sometimes nature decides otherwise. In a twist of
What do you do on a ‘day off’? How ‘bout racing Tahitians, half naked with 55 lbs on your shoulder? As a marine biologist working in the field in French Polynesia, days are long and days off are very rare. Science comes first, of course, but when you do take some time off, you want
What do marine biologists do in their spare time? I enter a televised Tahitian canoe race, in which I’m completely out of my league. Many people think marine biologists are on vacation all the time – who could blame these people, when you’re working in places like French Polynesia? Unfortunately, free time during field research
To unlock secrets about reef fish fear, we need to construct a colossal underwater video camera system, but time is running out! Underwater ballet ensues. After evil Trade Winds got the best of us on our first attempt, we have one more shot to bring a crazy idea to fruition: build a massive underwater video
Ever dream of creating something crazy? Crazy becomes reality, as I create an underwater monster to study fear in reef fish. I decided to run with a crazy daydream: build a massive video camera frame to remotely observe the behavior of many reef fishes at once, within the coral reefs of Mo‘orea, French Polynesia. No
What it looks like to be kidnapped by an octopus…then rescued by a scientist. Subscribe for new adventures (semi-) weekly: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c… Marine biologists arrive at their field site at dusk to pick up a series of video cameras, used to monitor an experiment looking stressors affecting corals. What they find is a missing camera and
Living nightmare: when you study fear underwater and your boat breaks down…at night. The irony is delicious. Subscribe for new adventures (semi-) weekly: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=SciAllOrg After a long day collecting data for a study on how fear (of sharks) affects reef fish feeding behavior, marine biologists Mike and Julie find themselves living their work, as they’re
Sunlight is running out! We’re going to have to be swift and dodge death to deploy our experiment in the coral reefs of Mo’orea, French Polynesia. Subscribe for new adventures (semi-) weekly: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=SciAllOrg Deploying field experiments can be INTENSE – the clock is ticking, and our Euro-‘Merican research team needs to move thousands of pounds
Time is running out as the Euro-‘Merican alliance collects corals before a storm destroys us all. 🙂 Subscribe for new adventures (semi-) weekly: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=SciAllOrg Our research team, representing 5 nations, is taking on the arduous task of unlocking the mysteries of how humans affect coral reefs. In the start of an ambitious experiment, we learn
You won’t believe what tried to EAT my GoPro camera (and destroy my field experiment!). Subscribe for new adventures weekly: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=SciAllOrg While working on a remote island in French Polynesia, we discovered that something had violently tampered with one of our video cameras. This camera was used in an experiment testing effects of fear on
