First and foremost, please check out my video diary that summarizes my time spent at the Savannah River Site. I hope you all can enjoy my video half as much as I have enjoyed this internship. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8xBBRwjAwQ
On another note, today we visited the Riverbanks Zoo, and IT. WAS. AWESOME! We weren't really there for the animals...more for the feces, and we saw a lot of feces. Brittany and I are considering suggesting a name change for the program, something that focuses more on the amount of waste matter we've seen. All jokes aside, the compoost zoo is actually very well managed and saving the park a lot of money. More importantly, perfectly good poop is no longer going to waste. We also got to go in the elephant barn so we could "see where it comes from," as if we didn't already know. Anyone that knows me, knows that I love elephants, and I got to stand 10 feet from one! It was the highlight of the day. Back to the poop: the ideal temperature for compoosting is between 120 and 160 degrees. Our guide was proud to inform us that his compoost was a steaming 140. Just to be sure, we all dug in, and it was hot!
For those of you that aren't as excited about the temperature of fecal matter, I've also included a picture of a baby flamingo. I don't think he had mastered the art of standing just yet, but he was a talker. Can't wait to come home at the end of the week!
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