Friday, May 02, 2008

Shocking...


Sometimes work is so fun. I had to observe a fish and wildlife class where they were surveying the fish population in a stream. I would of stayed the whole time if I did not have another meeting to go to.
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JamesF said...

That was a whole lot of pictures. What were the big backpack machine things?

8:10 AM
Buddy Tignor said...

Those are the shockers. They essentially take a car size battery and up the voltage to a level that stuns the fish so that they can be collected, identified, measured, and then returned to the stream (probably with a bit of a headache...if fish get such a thing). The two posts essentially become the two electrodes. It is obviously important to wear rubber waders and rubber gloves. The Fish and Wildlife folks are required to carry a defibrillator with them. (Like those on airplanes now).

1:05 PM

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