Today was our last day at the research center. To take advantage to the little time left, there was an optional snorkel to Cut Cay early this morning. Six of us students joined Jill and Liz and prepared to have an easy swim out and a difficult swim in. This is because when we began the swim, we were at peak low tide so the water was going out, making it harder for us to swim back in. Our swim had plenty of Thalassia (seagrass that is commonly know as turtle grass because turtles eat it). The Thalassia got pretty thick closer to Cut Cay.
On the way, we also saw some Barracuda! Barracuda are a type of predatory fish that are long and slender with a silver color. There was a large one and a smaller juvenile that we saw on our way out along with plenty of sea anemones. The barracuda was swimming along near where the current from the Atlantic was going, since there is a separation between Cut Cay and North Point (which used to be connected). It was going with the current that was pretty strong there. Once we made it to Cut Cay, we were able to watch the sun rise and look at a beautiful scene. We kept our eye out for iguanas, but Rex was only able to find a burrow. The swim back was not as bad as we anticipated, but still against the current to a degree. After our snorkel, we packed up and started to make our long way back to Ohio!
-Contributed by Molly
Photo credit: Molly and Liz
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