By Jack, Lynn, and Peder —

Today we woke up at the amazing time of 8 o’clock. We ate breakfast and grouped together in our silly boots and wind repellant clothes to head back out to False Bay. Last time we were at False Bay it was a long stretch of muddy ground. Today it looked like the dictionary definition of a bay. The name ‘False Bay’ finally made sense to us after seeing the two drastically different scenes in the same place.

Photos by Caroline Grauman-Boss

Next we began to scoop up earwigs in vials to be used in trials later.

Male earwigs were scarce but we encountered many gigantic females.

Next we headed back to the science lab to begin our trials with our new lab ‘rats’.

Many trials were performed including testing of mate selection dependent on size or location.

In between the trials we snuck away to grab a late light lunch. Afterwards, we all headed out to exploration time. Indeya and Peder stayed for the Slip-and-Slide, while Lynn, Jack, and Jaimie went to get ice cream. The rest of us stayed and played cards and chatted.

Later, we had dinner with Susan Middleton the author and photographer for the book Spineless.

Photos by Seth Grant

Amazing techniques and stories of her photography and journey were shared over and amazing bowl of chili.

Finally, we settled down to watch Mulan, which was heavily anticipated. After singing along to all the wonderful songs, we headed off to bed.