TELL AN UNTOLD STORY PT 1 - THE DEEP!
I (my sister tagged along) went on a little field trip to Hull, to visit The Deep Aquarium. I could say that it was a really great trip as I got various trips and simply being there, experiencing and seeing marine life in person is different than watching documentaries.
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| My ticket! It lasts a year and I would totally come back for the Lagoon (which was being refurbished when I visited) |
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| Got to touch sea urchins, starfishes and velvet crabs. I also got to talk to the aquarist that day! |
Transcription details
Interviewee: an aquarist
Location: The Deep
[0:00-0:41]
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recorded]
[0:42-0:43]
Nadhila (older sister):
yeah why don’t you go touch it?
[0:49-0:55]
Diandra:
oh wow [laughs] cause I’ve, oh…is that uh…sea urchin?
[0:55-0:56]
Aquarist: it is, yes
[0:57-1:01]
D:
are…aren’t they usual darker, it’s like purple, the one I’ve seen before were
like purple-y
[1:03-1:04]
A:
with the really long spikes as well
[1:04-1:05]
D:
yeah
[1:05-1:11]
A:
it depends on the species really, it’s sort of the uh –these ones are different
species, they’re sort of uh, the orange ones are usually in a sort of warmer
temperatures
[1:11-1:12]
D:
okay, yeah, yeah
[1:12-1:18]
A:
they could be quite, quite venomous, but uh..these ones are really –I’ll get
this one out, just sort of tap it, don’t stroke it, it’s quite sharp
[1:18-1:19]
D:
okay
[1:20-1:36]
A:
just sort of do it like that…so see all, all the spiky spines there where it
stops things from eating it –the mouth, the mouth is just down there
[1:36-40]
N:
what about the ones, the ones with the longer spikes
[1:41-1:42]
A:
yeah the one in the
[1:42-1:47]
N:
we come from the tropics, we’re right by uhm…the bunch of islands
[1:47-1:48]
A:
right!
[1:48-1:54]
N:
when I went snorkelling I saw a bunch, like the ones that were this long and
they were purple
[1:58-1:59]
D:
the instructor said there were a lot of purple ones because there were a lot of
pollution, I don’t know, that’s what he said apparently, sea urchins gather
there
[2:00-2:04]
A:
also the corals
[2:04-2:17]
A:
…I’ll-I’ll show you the starfish next
[2:18-19]
D:
yeah
[2:20-2:27]
D:
oh my god, I’m actually scared of starfishes cause I’ve seen a sea flower once
but they uhm
[2:28-2:29]
N:
someone, someone touched a sea cucumber, I didn’t like it –does it feel the
same?
[2:29-2:34]
A:
ah right, I
think it’s quite similar, yeah
[2:34-2:43]
D: I
like, I feel afraid of agitating it…don’t you think it’s quite…you know? It’s
scary...oh I’m scared
[2:43-3:05]
A:
so that’s the starfish, the little ones, you see the little ones at the ends
there, the tiny purple ones…that’s its eyes
[3:05-3:06]
D:
so what do they usually eat?
[3:06-3:24]
A:
these things they eat all sorts of clams, muscles…they pretty much eat
anything…and that’s where its mouth are, on this side
[3:24-3:27]
D:
how long like do they live…? Like usually…how long do they live?
[3:27-3:36]
A:
they…it depends on the species, I mean I think these ones are about five years,
but probably get eaten before anything so
[3:36-3:42]
D:
are these starfishes, are they like saved from the oceans and the other
creatures here
[3:43-58]
A:
not these, these are sort of the uh…these species there are quite a few of
them…but a lot of the animals here are like, they are yeah, some, some are
rescued and some are conservations
[3:58-3:59]
D:
oh no, ah…
[3:59-4:02]
N: I
hate crabs…I got chased once by a crab in Bali
[4:02-4:03]
D:
really [laughs]
[4:03-4:05]
A:
is it a big one?
[4:05-4:09]
N:
yeah it was a big one, cause I was sitting down and then it came out under my
towel
[4:09-4:10]
A:
really?
[4:11-4:17]
N:
yeah I was sitting on a crabhole and it caught me by surprise and I hated it
ever since
[4:18-4:27]
A:
this is called a velvet crab, its got…its got a fur on its shells, you could
tap it really gently, feels really soft…it’s just quite nice I think
[4:27-4:29]
D:
oh yeah, it feels like moss, I don’t know
[4:30-4:42]
A:
yeah I think so, yeah so velvet crabs are different…if you’d touch it
[4:48-4:50]
N: I
like them, their um, the legs looks really pretty
[4:50-4:57]
A:
yeah, yeah those are, yeah it’s a velvet crab those are swimming legs at the
back and those are sort of walking legs
[4:57-4:58]
N:
so are they not amphibious then?
[4:59-5:06]
A:
ah, yeah…they’re quite strong
[5:07-5:10]
N:
they’re quite pretty to draw
[5:10-5:15]
A:
they’re quite nice aren’t they
[5:16-5:17]
D:
oh so pretty
[5:18-5:40]
D: are
these like…are these uh…
[5:41-5:46]
A:
no these are uh sort of latex corals, yeah they’re all in the tank in the
lagoon they’re fixing at the moment
[5:46-5:50]
A:
so corals are quite rare
[5:51-6:00]
D: I
think that corals nowadays are like…most of them are quite like faded, bleached
out
[6:00-6:08]
A:
yes, the Barrier Reef is uh, its, its uh dying really
[6:09-6:11]
D:
so uh if the corals are dying so the animals are uh…would it have a home
[6:12-6:23]
A:
the ecosystem would crash and then it would affect the animals, it would be a
never ending cycle, it’s a well troubled Earth
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Thoughts
- I honestly thought that I didn't get as much information during the short conversations with the aquarists. Perhaps it was because I didn't ask enough questions since at that moment, I wasn't entirely sure which direction I would take with this project. Hence, I simply skimmed the surface of the subject on marine life in general
- However, leaving The Deep, it gave more grounding and information on what I might want to do next. I may need to narrow down what about the marine life that I am interested in exploring
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