November 12, 2022
L’écho des Labos n°2
L'écho des Labos n°2, by Stéphane Dugast, special correspondent.
Saturday, November 12, 2022, Maya’s Saya Bank in the Indian Ocean.
The days go by too quickly, and the sound archives pile up.
This one marks a highlight of the past week’s mission.
A white beard, laughing eyes behind his metal glasses.
For over 40 years, Philippe Bouchet has been taking his good humor to all the world’s seas.
Philippe is a zoologist specializing in the study of molluscs.
In the jargon, he’s a malacologist.
This evening, in the on-board laboratory of the S.A. Agulhas II, support vessel for the Monaco Explorations 2022 Indian Ocean expedition, the soon-to-be emeritus professor from the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris is ecstatic.
Philippe holds between his fingers a Conus Pirmis, a Conu… Did you say professor?
The protagonists
Philippe Bouchet is a researcher at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. He specializes in molluscs.
