Bashful

Common Name: American Alligator
Latin Name: Alligator Mississippiensis
Location Found: Manshack
Habitat Type: Fresh





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Mr. T

Common Name: Diamondback Terrapin
Latin Name: Terrapin Pileata
Location Found: Bayou Savage
Habitat Type: Salt (found in Intermediate
Habitat)




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Paolo

Common Name: Brown Pelican
Latin Name: Pelecanus Occidentalis
Location Found: Grand Isle
Habitat Type: Oil Free Preferably




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Chip the Chipper Chirper

Common Name: Redwing Blackbird
Latin Name: Agelaius Phoeniceus
Location Found: Port Fourchon
Habitat Type: Salt




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Baa-ram-ewe

Common Name: Sheepshead Minnow
Latin Name: Cyprinodon Variegatus
Location Found: Bayou Savage
Habitat Type: Intermediate



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Jayne

Common Name: Gulf Killifish
Latin Name: Fundulus Grandis
Location Found: Port Fourchon
Habitat Type: Intermediate



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Skrimpy

Common Name: White Shrimp
Latin Name: Penaeus Setiferus
Location Found: Grand Isle
Habitat Type: Salt





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Goopy

Common Name: Shoal Flounder
Latin Name: Syacium Gunteri
Location Found: Port Fourchon
Habitat Type: Salt Marsh





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Malcom

Common Name: Asian Clam
Latin Name: Corbicula Fluminea
Location Found: Lake Pontchartrain
Habitat Type: Intermediate




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Austin "Danger" Powers

Common Name: Mole Crab
Latin Name: Emerita Portoricnsis
Location Found: Grand Isle
Habitat Type: Salt Marsh






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Tigerlilly

Common Name: Moon Snail
Latin Name: Polinices Duplicatus
Location Found: Grand Isle
Habitat Type: Salt Marsh




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Stout Razor

Latin Name:
Location Found: Grand Isle
Habitat Type: Salt Marsh



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Bigfoot

Common Name: Zebra Periwinkle
Latin Name: Littorina Lineolata
Suspected Location: Grand Isle
Habitat Type: Salt



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Geradline

Common Name: Pogy
Latin Name: Brevoorita Patronus
Location Found: Bayou Savage
Habitat Type: Intermediate



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Kalahari

Common Name: Water Scorpion
Latin Name: Heteroptera Nepidae
Location Found: City Park
Habitat Type: Fresh Water



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John Boy

Common Name: Giant Water Bug
Latin Name: Lethocerus americanus
Location Found: Crawfish Boil
Habitat Type: Fresh



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Gail & Betty

Common Name: Tube-Building Worms
Latin Name: Diopatra Cupraea
Location Found: Grand Isle
Habitat Type: Salt


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Wally

Common Name: Striped Hermit Crab
Latin Name: Clibanarius Vittatus
Location Found: Grand Isle
Habitat Type: Salt




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Gooseneck Barnacles

Latin Name: Lepas Anatifera
Location Found: Plastic Bottle (Grand Isle)
Habitat Type: Salt Marsh



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Acorn Barnacles

Latin Name: Chthamalus
Location Found: On a trash can (Grand Isle)
Habitat Type: Salt





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Bob Smith

Common Name: Oyster Drills
Latin Name: Thais Haemastoma
Location Found: Grand Isle
Habitat Type: Salt




While walking the beach in search of new critters to discover our professor mentioned we might find Zebra Periwinkles along the rocks at the waterline. He even turned it into a contest to see who could find one first. My competitive nature was itching for a good contest and I took off headlong into the water. It was only about knee deep when I spotted one. However, it was waist deep when I took another step closer to the rock. I ran back proud of the two Periwinkles I had found only to be told they were actually oyster drills. Ultimately I had fallen into the rocks and gotten soaked for Oyster Drills.

We searched forever and never found one. What we did find - everywhere- were oyster drills. As common as petals on a flower.

Hence, Bob Smith...



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Sssssssssammy

Common Name: Gulf Salt Marsh
Latin Name: Nerodia Clarkii Clarkii
Location Found: Grand Isle
Habitat Type: Salt Marsh






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The Addams Family

Common Name: Comb Jellies
Latin Name: Phylum Ctenophora
Location Found: Grand Isle
Habitat Type: Salt Marsh



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Yellow Foxtail

Latin Name: Setaria Glauca
Location Found: City Park
Habitat Type: Fresh






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Rattle Boxes

Latin Name: Sesbania Drummondii
Location Found: City Park
Habitat Type: Fresh




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ELiza Dolittle

Name: Eliza Dolittle

Common Species Name: Blue Crab

Latin Name: Callinectes Sapidus

Location Found: Chef Manteur

Habitat Type: Intermediate

Much like the character played by Audrey Hepburn, our Eliza was not much of a lady when we first pulled her out of a litter trap. Once we put her in our observation toy she calmed down so we could get a good look at our new friend.




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Glasswort

Latin Name: Salicornia Eurpoea

Location Found: Grand Isle

Habitat Type: Salt Marsh

The first thing my instructor did upon my presenting this specimen was to take a bite of it and chew. He then insisted I do the same. I can describe it in two words. Salty grass. Which is pretty much what it is. It is an annually growing, "fleshy" herb that has adapted to salty conditions. It's a strange looking little plant. Looking down on a patch of it the Glasswort, or Salicornia, somewhat resembles asparagus.

The Salicornia grows to a height anywhere from four to 20 inches tall. It's a little thinner than a pencil and segmented; like a worm. Depending on the height of the stalk the segments are a little over half an inch long with branches shooting off on alternating sides at each joint.

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Herman Mellville

Name: Herman Mellville
Common Species Name: Inland Silverside
Latin Name: Menidia Beryllina
Location Found: Lake Pontchartrain
habitat Type: Intermediate Marsh

Herman, though named after the author famous for his novel about a great white whale, is an Inland Silverside; not a whale. Herman was scooped up in our seine along the coast of Lake Pontchartrain. They usually reside along the shorelines of very low-salinity bodies of water. Herman is a lively creature. The species is well-known for it's energetic nature and interest in surface objects. While living in the lake Herman would likely spend much of his time swimming about in his "jungle gym" of an environment jumping over twigs, leaves, etc.

Herman is a cute little fish. The species has an average length of 3 in. 8 cm. There is also a long, thin stripe of silver on each side no wider than the fish's pupil that identifies it as a Silverside. Due to a technological difficulty the magnificent pictures i took of Herman are no more. The ones here are courtesy of Google.

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Zack Addy

Name: Zack Addy
Common Species Name: Skimmer Dragonfly
Latin Name: Anisoptera Libellulidae
Location Found: City Park Lagoon

Zack is a neat little critter we pulled out of the lagoon in City Park. There are about 156 species of Skimmer Dragonflies spread all throughout North America. They generally prefer warm shallow waters and are commonly found at the edges of the lakes and ponds they live in. Zack and his relatives are also some of the few aquatic insects that can tolerate some salinity. Though they mostly prefer freshwater, like the lagoon that was home to Zack, skimmer dragonflies are also found in some brackish habitats. This species is very tolerant of environmental stresses. Some can tolerate very low levels of dissolved oxygen and other pollutants like livestock runoff.


How Zack got his name: I'm a huge fan of the TV show Bones. Dr. Addy was one of my favorite assistants and he was also the first. Hence the Skimmer Dragonfly Zack Addy. My first specimen, my first favorite.

-Kat