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Notes on Belize manatee assessments, dolphins, and volunteering at Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

Jacob in scuba gear underwater in a CMA habitat, holding a cleaning brush

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Volunteering at CMA

Guest Engagement and the Dive Team at Clearwater Marine Aquarium — scuba work inside habitats, and a tour of Eckerd College’s marine science campus.

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Summary screen of Jacob’s manatee breath-tracker app showing average breaths per minute and timestamps

Manatees

The manatee breath tracker

Jacob built a phone app that logs each breath during a health exam and sounds an alert if a manatee has not breathed in one minute.

Field team with Jacob and a large female manatee marked F220 during a Belize assessment

Belize 2026

Second season in Placencia — dolphins, Celeshia, a breath-tracker app Jacob built, and scuba with Glenford Guy.

Jacob with Jamal Galves and a manatee during a Belize health assessment

Belize 2025

First season of manatee health assessments with CMA Research Institute — Jake, Todd, Gales Point, and sampling.

Jacob kneeling beside a manatee on a research boat during a Belize health assessment

Manatees

Manatees

Gentle marine mammals Jacob has studied in the classroom, at CMA, and on Belize health assessments.

Jacob with Dr. Buddy Powell at Echoes of the Ocean

Meeting conservation heroes

At 11, Jacob met Jamal Galves and Dr. Buddy Powell — the same age Jamal was when he first met Buddy.

Jacob drawing a dolphin in a sketchbook while a bottlenose dolphin watches from the habitat window

Dolphins

Dolphins

Rescue stories, a friendship with Nicholas at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, and wild dolphins on the way to a manatee assessment.