I feel narcissistic. That's a pixie of me at our mangrove tree planting this morning. It's a great way to spend the holiday. To plant the seedling (I dunno why they call them those), we were told to dig a hole 8 inches deep so that the tide wouldn't wash them away that easily. I've done this a lot of times in the same place but I haven't seen any mangrove growing. I expected the seedlings that I planted last year to be trees now but I can't remember where in this area we were last year.
I was surprised to see an earthworm as I was digging my eight. My notion was that earthworms don't thrive on salty water areas. Hmmm... I saw another creature too. One which I coudn't quite name. It looked like a slug, black and about 2 - 3 inches long. It's body was moving in the breathing manner that humans do, it made me think of a breathing sac. I didn't see any leg so perhaps the body movement I described is how the creature moves from place to place. I wouldn't want the camera to be muddied and everybody else's hands were muddy as well so it's a shame I wasn't able to take a picture of it. Well, there still a next time. =)
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Joyeux Anniversaire Keloyd!!!
naks naman. nature lover kathie in the making! did you just say slug-like creatures? anything creeping and crawling scares the hell out of me. whatta coward. musta naman ang captured moment noh? thanks to the power of digicam! keep ur pics coming, kat!
ReplyDeletei do love nature... me mt. apo pixie ako kaya lang shy ako eh... wahahahah
ReplyDeleteasteg naman nito ms kathie :)
ReplyDeleteheheheh sabi nga nila icky nga raw... heheheheh actually the more i looked at the slug-like creature the more i wanted the deed to be done with...
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