Day 3

At 7:30, the group ate breakfast and then went to the classroom to prepare for fungus excavation. We then went on a walk down Finca la Anita's main road, keeping an eye out for any mounds that would indicate a young colony. Each group extracted one, and then we took a break (Sage got pulled into the leafcutter (Atta cephalotes) mound, and was, sadly, consumed). We then ate lunch and toured the mariposa building, and after another break, went back to the classroom to look at the bacteria experiment from yesterday. Dinner was consumed, and then the group built houses for the extracted colonies. We created economy today, for the very first time. Loans were made, insurance went poorly, and credit scores were analyzed. Perhaps tomorrow we'll bundle them into mortgage securities. Will has taken a loan at 2% interest, except it's applied hourly and compound. The interest rate also doubles every hour. Sage got eaten by a loan shark, and we turned one coin into six coins with a carefully worded contract. Rain pours into boot, dog gives us his yummy germs, I like plants a lot



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