This week we set up 4 pitfall traps and drift nets in Shimoni Forest West. A pitfall trap is sunk into the ground and is designed to trap small animals, such as insects, amphibians and reptiles.
This takes some amount of blood, sweat and tears, well not so much the blood an tears but lots of sweat, a few cuts and bruises and a lot of blisters. This is because Shimoni Forest sits on top of Coral Rag, which is a Limestone material composed of ancient coral reefs.
The drift nets (set up in a T section) direct small animals towards the pitfall traps. The traps are set in the evening and those that fall in are unable to escape and are collected first thing in the morning.
The Species are logged, recorded and then set free.
