And the interesting thing about it is we get varied results on that, our results are not necessarily clear cut. The main conclusion that I have come to over three or four years is that frog tadpoles seem to be attracted to baited traps and I tell much difference can’t between any of the other animals. They seem to go into the other two kinds of traps almost equally. Ok, so a little bit about experimental design. that’s Appendix F. Transcript of Erika So you guys know what they look like? – You’ve seen them? Participant Yeah. – Erika So who wants to give me a brief description? Go ahead Emily. – Emily I know, they can swim into it but they can get out. – don’t Erika What shape does it tend to be? – Participant Like a cone. – Erika Like a cone? Ok, so, why can they swim in and not out? – Emily The shape of – it… Participant It kinda funnels them in. – It funnels in, right. So this is what your basic minnow trap is gonna look like. I Erika – that’s know that they have different sizes for these, you can get ones with bigger holes and ones with smaller holes. What do you notice that we put in all our traps that seen? you’ve Participant A bottle so it floats. – Erika We put a bottle so it floats. Why do we want it to float? – Emily So that they can get air. – Erika So they can get air? Ok. – Participant So not sitting on the bottom. – it’s Erika So not sitting on the bottom, ok. And we want anything in here that needs air – it’s don’t to drown, right? Ok so when you set a trap like this, how often do you want to check it? Participant Every day. – Erika Everyday, how many times a day do you think? – Participant Probably twice. – Erika Once or twice a day, why do we want to do that? – To make sure that, if you do have something in there that you take it out. Participant –
And the interesting thing about it is we get varied results on that, our results are not necessarily clear cut. The main conclusion that I have come to over three or four years is that frog tadpoles seem to be attracted to baited traps and I can’t tell much difference between any of the other animals. They seem to go into the other two kinds of traps almost equally. Ok, so that’s a little bit about experimental design. Appendix F. Transcript of Erika – You’ve seen them? So you guys know what they look like? Participant – Yeah. Erika – So who wants to give me a brief description? Go ahead Emily. Emily – I don’t know, they can swim into it but they can get out. Erika – What shape does it tend to be? Participant – Like a cone. Erika – Like a cone? Ok, so, why can they swim in and not out? Emily – The shape of it… Participant – It kinda funnels them in. Erika – It funnels in, that’s right. So this is what your basic minnow trap is gonna look like. I know that they have different sizes for these, you can get ones with bigger holes and ones with smaller holes. What do you notice that we put in all our traps that you’ve seen? Participant – A bottle so it floats. Erika – We put a bottle so it floats. Why do we want it to float? Emily – So that they can get air. Erika – So they can get air? Ok. Participant – So it’s not sitting on the bottom. Erika – So it’s not sitting on the bottom, ok. And we don’t want anything in here that needs air to drown, right? Ok so when you set a trap like this, how often do you want to check it? Participant – Every day. Erika – Everyday, how many times a day do you think? Participant – Probably twice. Erika – Once or twice a day, why do we want to do that? Participant – To make sure that, if you do have something in there that you take it out.
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