Since this is a biodiversity class, we are doing a lot of forest walks.
Now, forests in Ghana are different than forests in Vermont due to things like poisonous snakes and monkeys.
Conversations with guides go something like this:
"Are there snakes in the forest?"
"Yep"
"Are they poisonous?"
"Very."
This is after we have already been walking in said forest for a bit.
I have decided that while walking in a forest such as the ones in Ghana, ignorance really is bliss.
Is there a green mamba above me? I don't know - I'm not looking for them.
Will I fall off of this drainage pipe into the mud along with who knows what creatures? Just keep walking.
If we do see monkeys, will they attack us? Who cares - we are already in the middle of the forest!
Is that the spiderweb of a poisonous spider? Eh, just brush it off.
Denial and ignorance is how I walk through jungles.
<3
Now, forests in Ghana are different than forests in Vermont due to things like poisonous snakes and monkeys.
Conversations with guides go something like this:
"Are there snakes in the forest?"
"Yep"
"Are they poisonous?"
"Very."
This is after we have already been walking in said forest for a bit.
I have decided that while walking in a forest such as the ones in Ghana, ignorance really is bliss.
Is there a green mamba above me? I don't know - I'm not looking for them.
Will I fall off of this drainage pipe into the mud along with who knows what creatures? Just keep walking.
Are we being quiet for safety or curiosity? Either way, walking quietly.
If we do see monkeys, will they attack us? Who cares - we are already in the middle of the forest!
Is that the spiderweb of a poisonous spider? Eh, just brush it off.
Denial and ignorance is how I walk through jungles.
<3
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