McKye loves exploring creeks & rivers, hiking, foraging & learning everything about nature. He loves picking up trash wherever he goes!
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Learn MoreMcKye loves all the creatures that nature has to offer from big to small. He loves to learn about their habitats, life cycles, unique qualities, survival tactics, and how they contribute to our planet. Also, he has a passion for plant identification and foraging, especially for fungi. He enjoys learning about how many plants can be food and/or medicine for our bodies, and how some should be respectfully avoided. The more he learns about nature, the more he finds comfort, joy and peace in it.
His favorite animal is the American Alligators, because they are strong and powerful predators. It fascinates him how they have one of the most powerful bites on earth and have armor built into their bodies. He also loves that they’re green just like his favorite color!
Netting, fishing, or just exploring creeks, rivers and lakes with a passion and patience that is extremely rare in a young kid. He loves to discover any kind of aquatic life he can find (and is very successful), while respecting the lives they hold and their habitats. Another favorite activity is cleaning up trash he finds in nature. He is passionate about cleaning up our planet and trying to leave it better for the future, cleaning up messes others have left behind wherever he goes.
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