Berlin- loved the city tour. Learned a lot of interesting history not only about World War II but about the Berlin Wall. Did not realize that only a day after Hitler got married him and his wife killed themselves. Really interesting hearing all of the stories of people trying to climb over the Berlin wall( hot air balloon). A group of us ate at a great restaraunt with the girls and enjoyed some great German beer. Loved the lectures at the zoo research center in Berlin. If was so much fun learning about all of the projects they have going on and research on animals in the wild vs those in captivity. Malaysia rhino cannot breed in wild or captivity and almost extinct. Due to tumors so trying to conserve the population with artificial insemination and other methods. We got to look at some ct of lions and they have the ability to do 3 dimensional image of animals with movement! Talked about how in captivity polar bear dies of equine herpes virus due to close contact to hooved animals. Visited the sachsenhausen concentratoin camp. Getting to walk through and read about all the torture and hardships those prisoners had to go trough to just survive another day was very emotional for me. Overall a great stay in Berlin
On our way to busum! We were all so excited about the seal projects we were going to get to see and get to participate in. Started out at the sanctuary where we were introduced to some grey seals and some Harbour seals. Never realized how different they really were from each other. Not only are they different sizes but their teeth are different, the grey seals have cone shaped teeth while the Harbour seals have sharper teeth. We ended the day with a tour and lecture about the wildlife in the area. I really enjoyed everything we saw and learned because I do not have a lot of experience with fish and marine mammals. Finished the first day with a delicious dinner of flounder!
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