BISHOP STREET SCHOOL.
8:17.
SCIENCE OF TODAY IS THE
TECHNOLOGY OF TOMORROW.
IF YOU LOVE SCIENCE, BISHOP
MUSEUM WILL BE HAVING THEIR
ANNUAL HI SCI.
GOOD MORNING, LADIES.
HI.
Ross: THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US ON "TAKE 2."
WHAT IS THE HI SCI FESTIVAL
ABOUT?
IT'S A MONTH LONG ENGAGEMENT
WITH SCIENCE WITH SCIENTISTS,
STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS IN
DIFFERENT SCIENCE THROUGHOUT THE
MONTH.
WE STARTED OFF WITH STARS
TONIGHT PROGRAM.
THAT WAS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF
THE MONTH.
AND THIS PAST TUESDAY WE TOOK
OVER NERD NIGHT.
AND WE HAD DR. YOUNG SPOKE
DURING THAT.
Ross: YOU'RE ONE OF THE
FEATURED SPEAKERS.
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
WE HAVE SNAILS TO BIRDS.
TAKE US THROUGH THIS.
FOR PART OF THE HI-SCI
FESTIVAL, WE'RE TRYING TO
EMULATE WHAT WE DO WITH THE
CONSERVATION AGENCIES WITH THE
STATE.
Ross: THIS SNAIL IS LIKE
VERY ACTIVE.
YEAH.
THIS WAS BROUGHT IN, IN THE
'50s TO BE CONTROLLING THIS
AFRICAN SNAIL.
INSTEAD IT ATE UP A LOT OF OUR
NATIVE SNAILS, WHICH IS ABOUT
THIS SIZE.
IT ONLY EAT SNAILS.
IT WILL HUNT DOWN ALL THE SNAILS
AVAILABLE UNTIL THEY'RE ALL
GONE.
OVER HERE WE HAVE HAPPY STORIES.
WITH OUR WORK AT BISHOP MUSEUM
AND OUR COLLABORATION WITH STATE
SNAIL SPECIALISTS, KEAKI AND
DAVE, WE WERE ABLE TO REDISCOVER
THIS AT MOLOKAI.
IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE EXTINCT.
WITH INFORMATION AT BISHOP
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND HELP WITH
OUR CAB RATE -- COLLABORATEORS,
WE WERE ABLE TO REDISCOVER THESE
GUYS.
WE'RE SO HAPPY F YOU HAVE THIS,,
IT CAN FOLLOW SLIME TRAIL.
IT WILL FOLLOW UP TREES AND WILL
EAT UP OUR SNAILS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OTHER
CONSERVATION AGENCIES TO TRY TO
PRESERVE AND CONSERVE OUR NATIVE
ECOSYSTEM.
WE HAVE A CHAMELEON HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
RESEARCHER.
INVASIVE REPTILES THAT WE HAVE
IN HAWAI'I.
AND ALSO MOLLY, SHE'S THE
MANAGER OF OUR ZOOLOGY
COLLECTION.
SHE'S GOING TO SHOW US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT OUR NATIVE FOREST
BIRDS AND HOW TO BE PRESERVING
THEM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES AND
A LOT OF STORIES TO BE TELLING.
Ross: AND THAT -- THAT
SNAIL IS ATTACKING CARLSON
THERE.
SMELLS GOOD THAT'S WHY.
KEEP 'EM AWAY FROM OUR NATIVE
GUYS.
CLOSE 'EM UP SO THEY CAN BE
PROTECTED.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
SCIENTISTS OUT NOT ONLY FOR OUR
DISCOVERY DAY HAPPENING ON MARCH
17TH BUT OUR SPRING BREAK
SCIENCE PROGRAM.
YOU CAN MEET MOLLY.
HI-SCI DISCOVERY DAY MARCH 17TH.
FIVE DOLLARS FOR KAMA'AINA
MILITARY.
SHE'LL BE THERE FOR SPRING
BREAK.
COLLECTION MANAGERS AND
SCIENTISTS AND SEE WHAT THEY DO
DO.
Ross: SPRING BREAK, A LOT
OF KEIKI WILL BE THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES.
WE WANTS SCIENCE NOVICES AND
ENTHUSE
ENTHUSIASTS OF ALL AGES.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR
EXTINCTION SPECIES AND THINGS WE
CAN DO TO SPRERVE TO PRESERVE THE THINGS
STILL ALIVE.
Ross: A GOOD BONDING
EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE
FAMILY.
AND YOU CAN ASK SCIENTISTS
QUESTIONS.
WE'LL HAVE NOAA AND DEPARTMENT
OF FISH AND FISH AND WILDLIFE,
PLASTIC-FREE HAWAI'I.
A NUMBER OF FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE
THERE.
IT WILL BE A FUN TIME.
SHOULD BE A GREAT TIME FOR
EVERYBODY.
DISCOVERY DAY.
Ross: AS A KID, I USED TO
LOVE SNAILS.
THIS OTHER SNAIL IS FREAKING ME
OUT.
IT GIVES ME THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES.
IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT THE
DISCOVERY DAY, HAPPENING SUNDAY,
MARCH 17TH AT THE BISHOP MUSEUM
STARTING AT 9:00 A.M.
A GREAT FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT.
KEIKI THREE AND UNDER GET IN FOR
FREE.
KAKAMA'AINA AND MILITARY MEMBERS,
FIVE DOLLARS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, LOG ON TO
KHON2.COM.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
I LOVE SCIENCE.
THIS HAS BEEN SO AMAZING.