If Dr. Seuss was an oceanographer

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Day 9

We're out in the vast open ocean, and the biology we're looking for is also out there, diluted in throughout the water column, and mixed with other organisms that may hinder our experiments. So... we filter. We filter to concentrate the algae,the viruses and many other molecules of interest. We also use filters to separate the desired fractions from those we don't want in our samples. This filtering takes the better part of the day, and brings on all sorts of creative thoughts. Look what I came up with while filtering...

If Dr. Seuss was an oceanographer

You can filter in the morning,

You can filter in the evening,

You can filter when you eat,

Could probably do it with your feet!



You can filter from a syringe,

You can filter and impinge,

You can filter in the dark,

You can do it on an ark!



You can filter with a hat,

You may filter while you chat,

You can filter stuff with blue,

We all filter, you should too!



You can filter with a sock,

You can do it round the clock,

You can filter with some foil,

Filter filter ‘till you boil!



You can filter big and small,

If you’re short or if you’re tall,

You can filter in your sleep,

So count the filters, not the sheep!



Enjoy,

Daniella

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Photos

Filter with a sock
Actually, it's a plankton net...

Filter in your sleep
another few minutes and he's out

Impinger
Used to collect aerosols from the air (not a filter but good for the rhyme)

Comments

[Jeff Sussman]

We are enjoying ...
your filtering poetry and research updates from sea. Best of luck to you, the Vardi team, (the whales) and the whole project from the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science in New York.