What's up? It is the time of the week where you sit down, relax and read my blog. Last week, I blogged about ants. I hope you guys enjoyed that blog because I had a great time writing it. For today's blog I am going to talk about venomous animals. We recently brought up the difference between venom and poison in class because we were learning about reptiles. But for my folks out there who do not know the difference, it is basically the form of receiving the toxin. Venom is injected through fangs or teeth and poison is delivered through touch or digestion. Venom sounds like it hurts more because the person has to be either bitten or stung. Some examples of venomous animals that I highly recommend staying away from are the king cobra, death stalker scorpion, stonefish and the Brazilian wandering spider. These venomous animals are not common in Kentucky so guys and girls thank god. I know I will thank god from keeping these venomous monsters out of Kentucky. However, there are venomous animals in Kentucky. These animals are either snakes or spiders. It is more common to find spiders around suburban areas but the snakes are found near the woods. For my fans out there who enjoy hiking or the woods, watch out for the timber rattlesnake. It is possible the largest venomous snake in Kentucky but, luckily, it is nonaggressive. Thus, do not be any idiot and try to start a fight with the timber rattlesnake because you will lose. Some venomous snakes stake out around the water. The western cottonmouth and western pigmy rattlesnake can be found near water. For the guys and girls who enjoy swimming in rivers or lakes, be cautious of these snakes. Now, the venomous spiders in Kentucky are the brown recluse and the black widow. Most people can identify these spiders because they possess specific characteristics. They are common around homes so be careful when digging through your garage or attic. Finally, stay safe and cautious of these devils.

Wassup ladies and gentlemen. This is the first blog since fall break ended. I have plenty of ideas for blogs for the rest of the semester and I hope you enjoy this blog. Since fall break ended, I have had lots of new adventures with nature. I had a lot of tests before the break so since I had free time I took the initiative to learn about insects. Insects belong in the phylum Arthropoda, which basically means arthropods. Arthropods are invertebrate animals that have segmented bodies, exoskeletons and jointed appendages. Over the break, I did what I mentioned in the last blog and I did some exploration around Lexington's community. At first I started off my exploration of Lexington at Transy. I went to flowers beds, trees, and practically any area that may occupy insects. I tried to see what type of insects live where and what roles they perform in their habitat. It was fairly easy task but it required a lot of patient study. I stared at a tree for twenty minutes watching ants and squirrels go about their lives. The ants interested me more because they are insects but, more importantly, because they are strong. Ants are capable of carrying fifty times their body weight. This is possibly equivalent to Superman. When you think of it ants carry objects like scrapes of leaves so the ants must relatively weight nothing. Next, ants belong to a colony and squirrels live independently. The ants all worked together to perform a job which made me think of relationships. If humans could corporate and work together like the ants who knows if problems would exist. At times, I argue with people over the dumbest things and I cannot seem to corporate well with others to complete simple tasks. The ants all worked in unity and coherence and it amazed me how they could work together so easily. Lastly, the ants never stopped working. It was virtually impossible to follow the same ant over so it was difficult to measure if it was tired, but the ants never stopped working. If humans had their endurance and strength then humans would literally be close to being superman. This made me think about the biology of ants and how their designed to do so much. Finally, it had me thinking like an evil scientist. I made me want to study the genes of ants to see what it actually is that makes them what they are and incorporate that into humans.

Hello, this is the last blog before fall break. In the last blog I left off by saying that identifying trees gets more difficult throughout the year. I have already found this to be true because trees are losing their leaves or the leaves are changing color. Another thing we took our first exam today in lab and, well, I think I did well. I prepared myself to my best ability and went in to lab with a positive and focused mind. However, I left the exam thinking that it was a bit harder than I imagined, which left me heavily stressed on whether I did good or bad. As I walked back to my dorm, I looked all around me,examining the trees, flowers, grass and nature in general. It made me feel better and happier and then all of a sudden the stress of my test performance vanished. I had never thought that nature had the ability to relieve anxiety or stress or in any way help a person feel better. This led me to hypothesize that nature can work wonders on the mind of a person. Nature can allow a person to forget the past, present and can allow a person to stop worrying about the future. Even before I thought about taking Biology and Human Concerns, I had heard that nature is the best remedy for allowing the mind to be free. This idea has stuck with me for a long time but I have never tested it out, so as fall break rolls around I am going to use my time wisely and up close with nature. I hope to allow nature to cleanse my mind so that I can resume the semester with an open mind and strong mind because classes are only going to get tougher. Well, that is it ladies and gentlemen. Not so much of a BHC blog, but I hope you take my advice and allow nature to strengthen your mind so you can kick ass in the remainder of the semester.