Friday was really rainy. It's the only day it's rained since I got to South Africa (except for the first morning) which is pretty good considering this is South Africa's rainy month. My morning was spent working with the reptiles and amphibians. Johannes is the curator for the reptiles and amphibians but we work more closely the people that work under him like Christo, Apul, and Garrett. First thing in the morning, we did some maintenance, monitoring, and interior decorating on some of the turtle tanks that are on display at the restaurant on-site which is appropriately named Turtle Restaurant. It reminded me of the days when I did the same with my pet turtles, Skye and Bailey. We had to fill up the filters, record the water temperature, and rearrange some of the plants in
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