On Monday, July 1, we went to Hanauma Bay. First, we watched a movie that provided us with information on how the bay was made, rules for what we should not do while snorkeling, and what we can do to help the environment. Four things we learned were: 1) don't step on the coral, 2) don't feed the fish, 3) look, but don't touch, and 4) don't litter. The reason they don't want visitors to step on the coral is because it will break off and die. The reason why we shouldn't feed the fish is because human food can cause them to sick and die. The sea animals and organisms in Hanauma Bay have plenty of food to eat in their natural habitat. The third one informs us that coral will die if we touch it or break it off. Also if we touch the fish, they will get scared and maybe leave, so we won't be able to see them in the future. The last message tells us not to litter because it will go in the ocean and the marine animals will eat it or get caught in the trash. We learned that most of the trash takes hundreds to thousands of years to decompose.
Learning about tuff, compressed ash from when the volcano was active.
Looking at a parrotfish mouth
What is left after the crab has molted!
When we got to the beach we jumped in the water and started snorkeling out. As we were snorkeling, some of us saw a sea cucumber and sea urchins hidden in the reef. We went out farther and saw a turtle swimming and an ulua (silver fish) next. There was an eel coming out of its rock and swam right at us. He scared us with his big eyes and mouth! After that, we got out of the water and dried off and went back to the bus.
If we don't take care of the environment the fish will become extinct or very sick because the water might get murky and dirty, so the coral will die and the fish will starve to death.
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