My child dreams of becoming a zoologist. He loves reading and learning about all kinds of animals and is passionate about conservation.
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Receive Text UpdatesWhat he loves most about nature is how animals have so many different ways of adapting to different environments. He finds their myriad ways to survive fascinating, strange, and magical. Metamorphosis is one of the coolest processes to observe — he finds it incredible that a creature such as a butterfly or a toad can make such changes to themselves. He also has a great understanding and appreciation that all creatures are living things and deserve our respect.
He genuinely loves all creatures big and small, but if he had to choose just one, he’d probably pick an octopus. They are incredibly smart, strong, color-changing invertebrates that have amazing and creative ways to thrive in their ecosystem. Their capabilities separate them from the rest of the animal kingdom and are considered to have human-like intelligence, such as how the mimic octopus manipulates and exploits surrounding animals’ fears by transforming itself into the animal that they fear.
One of his favorite outdoor activities is digging for earthworms in the backyard to add to our compost heap. A bit further from home, he loves to find mollusk shells on the beach and observe the various animals that might be hiding in the shallow waters of the ocean or on the sand.
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