{"id":3683,"date":"2019-04-25T12:49:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T17:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/?p=3683"},"modified":"2019-05-20T21:34:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T02:34:23","slug":"blog-1-the-big-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/blog-1-the-big-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><u>Blog 1: \u201cThe Big Pack\u201d<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Summer 2019 Blanding\u2019s Blog! Our names are Sam and Kirsten and we are veterinary students at the University of Illinois. We also are student researchers in the Wildlife Epidemiology Lab here at U of I.<\/p>\n<p>( Kirsten- Second Year Student) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Sam &#8211; First Year Student)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3162 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_7198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_7198-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_7198-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_7198-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_7198-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_7198.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3691 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/04\/2BAB3C37-9C16-42B0-8331-0C6B67BC1DD7-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/04\/2BAB3C37-9C16-42B0-8331-0C6B67BC1DD7-200x267.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/04\/2BAB3C37-9C16-42B0-8331-0C6B67BC1DD7-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/04\/2BAB3C37-9C16-42B0-8331-0C6B67BC1DD7-400x533.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/04\/2BAB3C37-9C16-42B0-8331-0C6B67BC1DD7-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/04\/2BAB3C37-9C16-42B0-8331-0C6B67BC1DD7-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/04\/2BAB3C37-9C16-42B0-8331-0C6B67BC1DD7-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/04\/2BAB3C37-9C16-42B0-8331-0C6B67BC1DD7-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This summer we will be performing health assessments on the State Endangered Blanding\u2019s Turtle. We\u2019re both so excited to start our summer and bring you along virtually on our journey of saving the world one turtle at a time!!<\/p>\n<p>Our first video blog is all about the preparation work that needs to go into getting ready for the summer field season.\u00a0<em>Spoiler Alert\u00a0<\/em>&#8230; its a lot of lists and supplies and confusion! It\u2019s very much a numbers game. How many months will I be in the field? How many turtles will I be assessing? So as you might assume,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>STEP NUMER ONE:<\/strong> Make a master list of what you need and how much of it<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>STEP NUMBER TWO:<\/strong> Realize that you don\u2019t have all your supplies and now order <u>more<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>** A lot of boxes arriving in the field lab later **<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>STEP NUMBER THREE:<\/strong> Let the packing commence!!!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in seeing how we pack all of these items check out our vlog below! We filmed our packing process from start to finish. Don\u2019t worry we condensed about four hours of packing into a 3 minute video for your viewing pleasure:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M779okD5wz8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">What\u2019s next for us now?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">You\u2019ll have to stay tuned to find out!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>T-minus 16 days until field season!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blog 1: \u201cThe Big Pack\u201d Welcome to the Summer 2019 Blanding\u2019s Blog! Our names are Sam and Kirsten and we are veterinary students at the University of Illinois. We also are student researchers in the Wildlife Epidemiology Lab here at U of I. 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