The good ship, Carefree Learner, will begin its voyages of discovery across Sarasota Bay in January 2011. We can't wait! Here are some photos from last year.
The captain and tour leader throw out a seine net and bring up the catch:
The crew sorts through the catch.
A spider crab appears.
Here's a baby (blue?) crab.
... and this puffer fish is ticked off.
The puffer is believed to be the 2nd most poisonous vertebrate in the world. DON'T EAT A PUFFER FISH!
This puffer is a striped burrfish and has only tiny prickles for scales.