Feeding elvers is a delicate operation - better to let
them go a bit hungry than feed them too much - so last bank holiday weekend,
the Yatton Junior School Year 5s gave their elvers a little extra to keep them
going over the long weekend and were very pleased to see that they had all
survived an extra day without food!
Quite a few of the children commented that they thought
the elvers were getting stuck on the sides of the tank and were surprised to
discover that in fact elvers are great escape artists and were probably not
stuck, but exploring instead! By wiggling and sliding, the elvers can
almost lift themselves out of the water, but so far have not managed to get as
high as the top of the tank.
Next week we will be giving the elvers a bit of a helping
hand out of the tank because they will be collected up and released into
Blagdon Lake for the next stage of their amazing life journey!
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