Space and Nature Day – Mickey Lewis

NOTE: This is Mickeys blog post, his page was being silly. I am simply a vessel.

We began the day with a presentation from Ivy encompassing the history of the world and the size of the planet in relativity to the universe. Then we set off for the science museum. We struggled with downtown parking for quite a while and whilst at the meter to pay, the man behind Ivy and I gave up on paying and simply strutted away (maybe it was a reflection of his wealth (he was wearing a fancy business suit)) We narrowly missed Craig Lazarski which was quite disheartening, but it was okay because they had taxidermy ducks. Below are wood ducks. Fun Mickey fact, I am obsessed with ducks and they are my favorite animal. I own my own taxidermy duckling (obviously it was not killed for taxidermy, it was found dead)

(december 17, 2022 the day i purchased my taxidermy duckling in winston salem)

anyway back to X day, i really like Wood Ducks because of their brightly colored feathers. They have to live in bodies of water near trees (hence the name “wood duck”) because they require wooded cover for nesting.

we continued our journey and saw other  fascinating taxidermy!

(i literally only took pictures of the taxidermy ducks, but there were bears, raccoons, possums, other birds, etc.)

Then Maddie, Ivy, and I ventured into a store where i bought a pocket sized book on sharks. Little did the rest of the group know that i would spend the rest of the day sharing my new round plethora of knowledge with them. I love the ocean and marine biology so this was very exciting to my friend’s dismay.

We ventured onward and saw some geology related things which i promptly got very excited about as i do rocks and minerals in science olympiad. I shared with Maddie and Ivy about the fluorescent properties of Calcite and how rubies and sapphires are the same mineral (corundum), depicted below.

We entered an interactive room where there were many skulls that we were allowed to touch which was SO exciting. After a quick hand wash, we ran into Maris and Brooke and explored the Arthropod Zoo. Here are Chrysalis’

and here is me kissing an arthropod (i forget the specifics, clearly we didn’t have anything serious it was merely a fling)

Maris, Brooke, and I applied our biotech skills in a fun little lab and off we went to lunch. it was scrumptious. everyone tried fried pickles per my request and (most) enjoyed them! Below are additional photos (Please enjoy)