Poop

Well I didn’t see the need to blog for a couple days because all we had planned was class. But today in Wildlife Ecology we spent about 20 minutes talking about poop, which I decided was blog worthy. Not only did we talk about poop size and what you can learn from poop, we also passed poop around. The dung samples included: elephant poop, aardvark poop, goat poop, monkey poop, cow poop, and I could me forgetting some. So to say the least class was pretty amusing today. Classes can sometimes be long, but the things we are learning about are so interesting that no one really cares. The only class that hasn’t gotten my attention is Economic Policy, I like animals.

In the first blog of being here I said the water was warm, this is a false statement, it’s very cold. You must do the jump in, jump out maneuver, which is pretty easy considering our shower has no curtain. Let’s just say having the dry shampoo is a sort of life saver.

Today we learned about a bug here that looks like a flying ant, but if you kill it, the bug releases toxins that can give you second degree burns. So I don’t think I will be killing any bug with my hand anytime soon. The bugs haven’t really been bothering me like I thought they would, i have had to kill a few but they just aren’t that bad. I have seen some of the biggest bugs I have ever seen though, a lot of them look like small birds and are pretty scary. 

Last night a bunch of us went to the class room and watched lion king and pointed out things that were realistic and other things that were not. Everyone was pretty giddy about the movie and didn’t mind staying up late even though we get up at 7 every morning for breakfast, which is still my favorite meal of the day. We have eggs, potatoes, fruit, and pancakes everyday and some how it hasn’t gotten old yet.

I’m still in love with Tanzania and everyone here is great. We all spend a lot of time together and you hardly ever sit next to the same person in class or at meals, so everyone is getting to know each other pretty quickly. Also I haven’t gotten sunburned or have I been bitten by a mosquito yet (knock on wood).  The weather is so great that I was able to go for a run and have the beautiful mountains in front of me to look at for parts of the run which makes the run worth it.