Almost there*

Dear readers.
It is unfortunately our second last week of Site Guide and we are getting our files and last bit of work done for next week. My week so far consists of caught up assessments, tests,biomes, spiders, scorpions and fish.

It is very interesting work but I will never see a spider as beautiful as Karen, one of my student colleagues, would always say.They are very mysterious animals and I love the way they use their senses to catch their prey. The spiders we see most here on Sondela is the Golden orb web, baboon spider, trapdoor spider and the kite spider.
The Golden orb web has a web that shines gold in the sun so animals will see it and not walk through it and the web is strong enough to catch a bird. The female is much bigger then the male and she eats him after mating.Poor guy does not even see it coming!

The scorpions are divided into four groups known as: Burrowing scorpions, Bark scorpions, Thick-tail scorpions and Sand dwelling scorpions. There are 172 different types of scorpions in S.A.
The biomes are a bit boring because we have done it in school and it's all about the climate and soil types of a specific area. The fish are fun because they do funny things that we never notice. Most freshwater fish do a mating dance during courtship that is a part of a ritual.
Back to my "favorite" subject..spiders. The Trapdoor spider has a nest that has a trap door effect to catch prey but there is the spider wasp that gains access and stings the spider. It then lays eggs inside the spider and when they hatch they eat the spider alive!
Hope you don't have nightmares tonight...