Sampling adventures!

I just finished sampling the last Largetooth Sawfish saw held in Dr. Patricia Charvet's collection. It took a few days to sample the 120 saws but I managed to get through them all with Patricia's help. These saws were all collected in Brazil and they all looked to be in great condition which hopefully means we can get some great DNA out of them! The sampling protocol is very simple so that anyone can do it but it does take a while to get the hang of it. All you need is a box cutter, tubes (or Ziploc bags), gloves, tweezers, paper towels, bleach, and water!

 

Sampling station for a Largetooth Sawfish saw.

 

One of the Largetooth Sawfish saws photographed for our records.

 

One of the tags of the Largetooth Sawfish saws.