We moved on to the vertebrates today. Learnt about... fish. And the evolution of vertebrates. Discovered the truer truths of where we humans and other creatures evolved from. Pretty interesting stuff! Our new lecturer is quite humorous too... one of the best lecturers we've had so far. Hopped over to the Natural History Museum during lunchtime to take a look at the fish and invertebrate exhibits to see what we had learnt.
Prac today was fun too. We worked on the cotton stainer bugs... w00t! Something relating to their selection of food, and an examination of their mouthparts to see how they feed.
Pics of cotton stainers (Dysdercus decussatus) from Sungei Buloh:
... and those that we worked with in the lab:
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Tonight was the Christmas Carol Service. My, how we sang! I'm going to have a sorethroat soon! Us 6 miserable sopranos were nearly drowned by the tenors. The instruments were way too loud... we hadn't rehearsed with them before, so it was a worry. But otherwise, it was all good. The turnout was better than expected... we had an audience of perhaps 300+? Many of our friends turned up. Chatter all around after the carolling... free mince pies and hot choc. The vicar's address and reading was not bad either. He talked real fast though. :P
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