Animalia

I can tell you one little girl who would jump at the chance to cruise Galapagos if she was ever offered the chance. That girl happens to be my fourteen-year-old daughter, Maya.
She's an absolute nature freak. In fact, often when we venture outside or else head to the swamp and go on a nature hike, I always get much more than I bargain for because she never wants to leave. And what's even worse, I usually have to chase her down because she's usually off chasing after everything that moves or seems to move. Once she actually caught a jackrabbit with her bare hands--which still to this day, astounds me.
Another time I found my desktop open to a directive: 'How to Catch a Bird'. And the most amazing thing is that she actually caught one through an amazing set of traps and catches that she set up while camping and hiding out in the back of my van.
She's also been attacked by mother Mockingbirds on more than one occassion. She'll put her hand right into the ivy and pull out the babies to study them. Of course the mother bird sees this and swoops down, hitting Maya in the head. I've told her to leave those nests alone if she wants to keep her eyes. But it the swooping mother birds don't phase her. She doesn't mind.