Submitted 13 hours ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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For a good couple years I got to walk along beaches and take water samples of every culvert, pipe, and natural drainage I came across within specific zones. There were some logs and sticks to climb over, but also deer, elk, eagle, seals, and orca. Also birds if I knew or cared about birds.
It really felt like a nice blend of all of these, quite frankly, and had it not been grant work I’d have kept on doing it most likely.
post10?
Haha yeah… bonus bushwhacking through blackberry and poison/stinging plant of your choice. In the rain.
Still worth it.
Barely.
When I hear “field work” I imagine, like… Farming. 😅
Then we’re two. I gotta get the potato out of the ground soon.
Re: Ticks - If you’re in Europe get the TBE Vaccine!
If you’ve been in the forest or tall grass check for ticks. If you got bit check the bite, if it gets a circle with a dot (a bull’s eye) seek treatment straight away. Early treatment is key when it comes to Lyme disease and that bull’s eye is the early indicator.
TBE however got no treatment. The vaccine is an effective way to avoid infection.
As someone who worked this whole summer at a farm, make that three
Found the dialectologist focusing on rural varieties.
Me when doing field work
Well, it’s both though. Sone days it is really rough to keep working just because you can’t take all the abuse by the all insects anymore. And some days you’re just in a state of bliss because you spend so much time in nature and feel connected to it. And even more days you realize how fucking repetitive field work really is and that you need to do the exact same thing for the next weeks/months over and over again…
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 minutes ago
Why are biologists like this?