Seven, almost eight, cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) in a Bald Cypress tree (Taxodium distichum)

[Traildogbob]

1. I so love people

That use binomial nomenclature in Latin to ID species. As a Forest Ecology Wildlife science college faculty person, we required all student to know over 130 tree and plant species and over 200 animals by Genus/species. Many from kingdom all the way through specific epithet.
And all the students that came thinking they were gonna hunt and fish in their careers and Math (Statistical analysis of field data) wasn’t needed, were in for a huge shock.
And correct spelling was required. Spell check just laughed at them. Try writing a paper loaded with Latin ID of species.
Our drop out rate from a class count of nearly 200 as freshen, usually ended in 35-40 graduating.
Math and Spelling And writing and that damn science. Who needs it. Just learn the BuyBull and fake white history.
Now they can’t afford gear to hunt and fish with Walmart jobs where none of that edumacation stuff matters.
But, as a young high schooler I always thought, why the hell do we have to take Latin?
Wish I would have taken 4 years of it in high school before college.
Nobody will hike with me, because of Latin ID of everything,