I am really excited now! I finally got the chance to meet my mentor, Dr. Matt Lovern, and tour his labs. After discussing the research that we will be conducting (sorry, can’t talk about that), we went down to the rooms where his subjects are housed. His research involves green anoles and brown anoles–lizards! Cute little bug-eaters! We couldn’t visit the adults as there was a video session going on in there, but we did get to visit the nursery. Eggs are incubated and the neonates are moved to cages where they are fed and observed. They are tiny little things! On Wednesdays and Fridays, Michawn and I will be responsible for feeding and caring for them. This may not really trip many of you, but learning how to care for a different species is a definite thrill for a lab animal science major. So my next 8 weeks will be spent feeding little bugs to little lizards!
I also have some research and informational articles to read, goals to define, and some online courses/quizzes to take, so this posting is going to be a bit short. Hope you are enjoying your summer as much as I am mine!
Are you able to take pictures of the little lizard babies?
I asked this morning about pictures, and Dr. Lovern has no problem with it…so I should be able to get some pictures Friday. They are cute!