Wednesday, October 25, 2006

In which Miss Riehl tries to teach...something...to...someone

hello everone, i am making immence progress on my algal growth. my algae sample has doubled in size!!!! i have figured out that the algae at the wetlands in actually either spirogyra, a nutricious algae, or a form of cyanobacteria which can be toxic to eat and can lave you nausiated (puking). just letting everyone know NOT TO EAT THE ALGAE AT THE WETLANDS UNTIL WE MAKE A FINAL STATEMENT!!! ( not that i think anyone would eat any algae from the dempsey wetlands)

-- post on an online discussion forum for high school students doing science projects (I'm a "mentor")

2 comments:

Kate said...

Wait . . . that algae isn't safe to eat? Oh shit.

bostonmed said...

hah! I remember growing 'algae' (actually, phytoplankton) once, but that was to feed the lavae to which my ciclids had just given birth. My brief forray into aquaculture didn't pan out, sadly, because my dad couldn't grow phytoplankton.