I found a live Peninsula Cooter, a water turtle, crossing the road on Wednesday. He (long front nails in males vs short nails in females) stayed home today but I'll bring photos next session. Plan to release him in the direction he was going, towards a wetland, that was blocked by a house. Discuss resources for how to identify turtles in Florida using reputable web resources. Discuss turtles crossing roads and what to do if you find one.

Today I will go pick up a Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) and he will come into the Batt School on my next day here, Friday January 8th. This species lives in Nosy Be Madagascar where I (Dr. Clark) has had a field biology program with local Malagasy people since 2003. I will have the chameleon in a temporary transport container, and then we will proceed to set up a terrarium in the Science room taking into consideration the climate where this species thrives in the wild. They really love vines and bushes, so if Ben could bring his bendable vines and maybe a potted bush (e.g., fire bush) to put in his room, the chameleon will be most comfortable during our sessions.
Hope to meet Ben's parent today to talk a bit about field trips, possible to have one/month?