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Your African Expedition Adventure!, Tuesday, Period Four [ 05/17 ].
"Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman!" Jane greeted her students with the usual brightness, tinged with a little bit of pride. They hopefully had found their way easily to the Danger Shop, where they would discover themselves in the heart of the jungle. They were in a clearing, set up like a sort of rainforest classroom; the walls were the thick, lush border of trees, the floor a bright carpet of grass, the ceiling a perfect blue sky with a smattering of fluffy white clouds. There were three roll-away blackboards behind Jane (double-sided, of course, and she'd need every centimetre of them!), a classic school room desk for each of the students in a row in front of the blackboards. Jane clearly couldn't wait to get started.
"And welcome," she gushed, spreading out her arms, "to Africa!" She had to laugh as she added, "In more ways than one, since our island appears to have moved yet again, this time to a much warmer and brighter clime. Unfortunately, lovely and wonderful as Egypt is, our concerns are much deeper in Africa. Pity we weren't a little bit closer, otherwise we could be in the actual jungle right now, but, for the moment, the Danger Shop and my own experiences will just have to do.
"I hope you all have remembered the three things we talked about last week: a good pair of boots, a trusty hat, and a canteen of water. I have extras if you did forget yours, but, remember! Should you continue to forget, you're just as good as dead.
"Speaking of death," because that was certainly a cheery little segue, "today's topic is going to be the many, many, many dangers of the jungle. I'd hardly be any sort of teacher if I sent you all waltzing through the rainforest without first mentioning all the ways one could manage to expire while exploring the beauty and wonder of Earth's own Garden of Eden. SO let's take a moment to learn all we can about the dangers of the jungle before we set off to encounter them and show off what we've learned.
"Naturally," said Jane, turning toward the first of the boards to start filling it up with words and pictures, "most of the dangers will come from the wide variety of animals and plats in the jungle. There are disease carrying bugs, deadly snakes, stealthy jaguars, and territorial apes, and you are trespassing in their homes, in the place where they live, where they mate, where they hunt for sustenance and food and they might not feel like making the distinction between you and food. As for food for yourself, many of the plants are extremely poisonous to human stomachs, and can give human epidermis a very uncomfortable and unsightly rash.
She went on, to talk in more detail about some of the plants and animals, everything from boars to leopards, scorpions to spiders. Of course, there were the ever-exciting fire ants and let's not forget snakes! Jane also was a bit too enthusiastic talking about the baboons and gorillas, too.
"Now, it's not only the flora and the fauna that are dangerous, but also the environment itself. It can get very wet here, and, if you're not careful, you can develop what is called trench foot, from waterlogged feet, which can cause gangrene in your extremities and you may need to have something just chopped right off and amputated to save the rest of you. That's why the boots! And drinking jungle water can be very dangerous, too, from all the parasites and bugs inside of it, many little microbes that our bodies just aren't used to, and that is a very slow and painful way to go. That's why it's important to bring your own water. And later in the workshop, we'll learn what to do when all that fresh water is all dried up.
"We've talked about how hats can help keeps malaria-carrying mosquitoes off a little bit more, but remember, keeping yourself well covered helps with that, as well. You'll find it's very hot here in the jungle, but the more you're covered, the less exposure you'll have to bugs and the heat of the sun. We must be careful not to make too much noise as we move, as that will attract attention from animals you might not want coming out to investigate.
"Careful as you may be, however, sometimes, an animal will still attack, but there are many things you can try to keep and mind to ensure survival...." Which, of course meant Jane went through another detailed description of how to act to avoid becoming some jungle cat's Fancy Feast.
"With that said," Jane turned around brightly to the students as if she hadn't just spent the first part of class talking about all the lovely forms of death awaiting them outside this clearing, "let's give it a try, shall we? I've set things up for us to take a small trek into the jungle, where you are very likely to meet one of the dangers I've just been telling you about. Will you be able to survive? The benefit of not going straight into an actual jungle is that this is very good practise, because if you mess up, it's all just a simulation and you'll be just fine. But next time, you may not be as lucky. So be bright, be quick, and, most of all, be smart about it. Let me know if you have any questions before you head out, and then let's take to the jungle!"
[[ OCDon the way survived a chimpanzee attack! ]]
"And welcome," she gushed, spreading out her arms, "to Africa!" She had to laugh as she added, "In more ways than one, since our island appears to have moved yet again, this time to a much warmer and brighter clime. Unfortunately, lovely and wonderful as Egypt is, our concerns are much deeper in Africa. Pity we weren't a little bit closer, otherwise we could be in the actual jungle right now, but, for the moment, the Danger Shop and my own experiences will just have to do.
"I hope you all have remembered the three things we talked about last week: a good pair of boots, a trusty hat, and a canteen of water. I have extras if you did forget yours, but, remember! Should you continue to forget, you're just as good as dead.
"Speaking of death," because that was certainly a cheery little segue, "today's topic is going to be the many, many, many dangers of the jungle. I'd hardly be any sort of teacher if I sent you all waltzing through the rainforest without first mentioning all the ways one could manage to expire while exploring the beauty and wonder of Earth's own Garden of Eden. SO let's take a moment to learn all we can about the dangers of the jungle before we set off to encounter them and show off what we've learned.
"Naturally," said Jane, turning toward the first of the boards to start filling it up with words and pictures, "most of the dangers will come from the wide variety of animals and plats in the jungle. There are disease carrying bugs, deadly snakes, stealthy jaguars, and territorial apes, and you are trespassing in their homes, in the place where they live, where they mate, where they hunt for sustenance and food and they might not feel like making the distinction between you and food. As for food for yourself, many of the plants are extremely poisonous to human stomachs, and can give human epidermis a very uncomfortable and unsightly rash.
She went on, to talk in more detail about some of the plants and animals, everything from boars to leopards, scorpions to spiders. Of course, there were the ever-exciting fire ants and let's not forget snakes! Jane also was a bit too enthusiastic talking about the baboons and gorillas, too.
"Now, it's not only the flora and the fauna that are dangerous, but also the environment itself. It can get very wet here, and, if you're not careful, you can develop what is called trench foot, from waterlogged feet, which can cause gangrene in your extremities and you may need to have something just chopped right off and amputated to save the rest of you. That's why the boots! And drinking jungle water can be very dangerous, too, from all the parasites and bugs inside of it, many little microbes that our bodies just aren't used to, and that is a very slow and painful way to go. That's why it's important to bring your own water. And later in the workshop, we'll learn what to do when all that fresh water is all dried up.
"We've talked about how hats can help keeps malaria-carrying mosquitoes off a little bit more, but remember, keeping yourself well covered helps with that, as well. You'll find it's very hot here in the jungle, but the more you're covered, the less exposure you'll have to bugs and the heat of the sun. We must be careful not to make too much noise as we move, as that will attract attention from animals you might not want coming out to investigate.
"Careful as you may be, however, sometimes, an animal will still attack, but there are many things you can try to keep and mind to ensure survival...." Which, of course meant Jane went through another detailed description of how to act to avoid becoming some jungle cat's Fancy Feast.
"With that said," Jane turned around brightly to the students as if she hadn't just spent the first part of class talking about all the lovely forms of death awaiting them outside this clearing, "let's give it a try, shall we? I've set things up for us to take a small trek into the jungle, where you are very likely to meet one of the dangers I've just been telling you about. Will you be able to survive? The benefit of not going straight into an actual jungle is that this is very good practise, because if you mess up, it's all just a simulation and you'll be just fine. But next time, you may not be as lucky. So be bright, be quick, and, most of all, be smart about it. Let me know if you have any questions before you head out, and then let's take to the jungle!"
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