We
want to find out how old the caves are in the Gunung Buda area. We'll
do this looking at the tiny natural magnets buried in the dirt and mud
of the cave floors. How do they tell you the age of the cave? Find out
by orienting on down to Cave Dating
Details Page! You'll also find out some amazing things about your
own compass.
Heck. While we're there, we'd sure like
to quit getting Mulu Foot. So would the people who live
in the area. It hurts and makes it hard to walk. Not only that, you
have to quit caving and sit around in camp with your feet up in the
air. No one knows what it is, so our doctor is going to try to find
out. Will he want to cut and scrape the sores, or just gently swab them?
Find out by limping on over to the Mulu Foot
Research Details Page. If you haven't seen the large picture of
Dave's foot, click on the small photo above. Yuck.
Our
4th research project is to identify the organisms that live in the caves
of Gunung Buda. We'll do that by collecting them as we
see them, and by putting out small traps that we check later. Once you
know what kinds of creatures live in an area, you can go back later
and find out if changes in the area are affecting them. And if you find
an organism that is brand spanking new to science, and you describe
it scientifically, you get to name it. Maybe after your favorite science
teacher? Yo' mama? That big hunk 'o man sitting back at home, pining
away and wishing you weren't in Borneo? For more details, slide on down
to the Cave Critters Research
Page.
