Lobster feng shui?

The other day, after an especially busy morning of young visitors at the touch tank, our assortment of shellfish were scattered everywhere along the tank--scallops, oysters, quohogs, mahoganys and steamer clams.

The next morning, to my surprise, all of the bivalves had been gathered together in a neat and orderly pile. I asked Ellen if she had been in after hours to visit, and thought perhaps her children might have made order out of disorder.

"Not us," she replied.

I asked Capt. Rob if he had been messing about at the tank.

"Not me," he replied. After a long pause, he said, "It's lobster feng shui."

What?

According to Capt. Rob, female lobsters are sometimes known to make order out of disorder, and, in this case, the young miss lobster in the tank likely got to work afterhours and gathered all of the shellfish together into a lovely little pile.

This morning, we noticed the sea star had eased on into her spread and was cozied up to a tasty mussel, while miss lobster watched.

Wonder what she thinks about THAT?

Our One Year Anniversary!

Today we celebrated our first anniversary of BOAT CAMP Inc. by attending the Ocean Literacy Summit in Boston. It was really energizing to be among friends who share our passion for educating others about the sea, and we are full of excitement and new ideas for 2009 programming.

Upon our return home, we were greeted with a great surprise--two bucket loads of new critters for our touch tank. If you haven't been by to visit lately, you won't want to miss these new guest animals!

NEXT Sunday at 11 a.m. we'll host another "Coffee & Critters with Capt. Rob." Join us!