Friday, October 27

Places to see

There's a few more places left in the world that I'd like to visit. I've gotten most of the far away places done at some point earlier, but I haven't had a grand old time stomping around elsewhere. Here's my list of the *necessary* places I need to visit.

1. Australia & New Zealand. These are put together because I want to observe the speciation of offshore saltwater silversides into more brackish type species, and the do some cast netting in the various river systems all along the northern and western coast of Australia, seeing the subtle differences in the different rainbow fish. Who knows, I might even find a new species or subspecies, it's still happening today by amateur enthusiasts. But being able to bring home some wild stock that I caught myself and knowing what river they came from, location, water conductivity, hardness, all of that dorky stuff; would thrill me to death. Having my own colony at home, a little refuge for such beautiful fish. Whoever decided to give them the broad vernacular name "Rainbow fish" was spot on. If I'm lucky or find a fellow dorkist who can help me find some of the Australian lungfishes, that would also cause a spontaneous orgasm. Just being able to see one in its natural habitat.
In New Zealand, I'd be looking for rainbow fish also, but this time seeing how they differ from lake to lake (rather than river to river). There is a wealth of undiscovered species, it's not uncommon for a new one to be discovered each year. And of course, the varied, very varied geography of New Zealand will give me plenty of eye candy to oogle at and take tourist pictures of.
2. Madagascar. What do I have to say about this wonder of a place? I probably could spend an entire lifetime there, feeling like I was in heaven, with the plethora of fauna and flora around me to observe, helping with conservation efforts and trying to educate local fishermen about better catching practices and local farmers about diversity and how to help preserve their local flora that is sadly, disappearing rapidly.
3. Canada. I want to see people who have undergone a natural breeding process and see the results of this in their personality, physical traits, and mental traits. I chose Canada, because you obviously can't observe natural breeding in the USA; and Canada is a short hop away.

No comments: