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49 min

What the tide pools taught me

With

Hiro Tanaka

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Marine biologist

What the tide pools taught me

Hiro has spent thirty years counting sea stars on the same stretch of rock. We crouched over the pools at Hug Point and talked about patience and paying attention to small things.

49 min

Show notes

Hiro has surveyed the same tide pools every month since 1996. He can tell you which anemone moved and when. We met him at Hug Point at a minus tide and spent most of the episode on our knees.

What we talk about

What changes in a place when you keep coming back to it. Why counting is a kind of love. How to look at something long enough to actually see it.

Recorded at Hug Point at a minus 1.2 foot tide.

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