Chemistry

At 7 a.m., more than 100 participants gathered at the entrance to the eastern slopes of Gorongosa.

A black man with an inscription "Park ranger" opened his mouth to everyone while wearing a mini speaker.

Tonga Torchida, Director of Ecology Management. You're supposed to be the park warden for the check-up, but I got out of there a while ago because my arm was badly injured patrolling Lake Urema. Be careful, too. Crocodiles are particularly ferocious during dry season.

People wink at this warning. Tonga smiles faintly as if she was waiting.

"Oh, you weren't bitten by a crocodile. I fell asleep watching them. I'm a little overweight, and I want you to tell him I got hurt in a fight with a crocodile. Yes.

The smile on the faces of those who were nervous about the path to the wild forest, filled with a little humor.

You will explore a total of 5 points along a moderate ridge. Always accompany ranger marks when going further away from points. That way there won't be any major safety hazards. Well, enjoy your exploration.

Tonga lowered her loudspeaker and instructed the lead ranger to start.

College students from around the world, biology advisors, members of animal rights organizations, bioblitz activists, and television stations passed Tonga in succession.

Later, a woman in her mid-20s smiled and bowed her head.

Director.

"Cristina?"

A year ago, a prodigal girl who had come to Daressalam University as a journalism and exchange student was standing in front of her with a press pass on her neck.

It's been a long time.

Tonga looks up at Cristina, exaggerating her eyes.

What now? The leader of the Birbit-Monkeys has changed. Are you here to investigate the election process?

"Why? Did you buy and sprinkle Southeast Asian imported bananas?

No. Scalping is an art. When he reached out his hand, both male and female collapsed on their heavenly faces.

Tonga, who was naturally giving and receiving laughter, said with a serious expression.

You really are a journalist. Also BBC.

Thanks to an eco-column written by the Director. I came back to this happy Africa again. The Director of International Affairs is writing a feature story.

"Special"? Does it make sense to dig up and inspect animal droppings? It's boring and dirty.

"Sure, if that shit belongs to the king of the animals. Or very cute.

Tonga smiled naturally.

A typical journalist would write an African column to deal with the horrors of negative and dark things like disease, dictatorship, slavery, colony, but she was different. There was a distinct interest and passion in the ecosystem, nature, and everything living there.

Cristina suddenly asked.

We were attacked by an elephant yesterday! It wasn't always that wild. I stroked him right in front of him last year.

Don't talk. That's the problem these days. It's very expensive to operate, but I'm also going to give tourist compensation.

Is there a cause? There was a clash.

Being identified by the conservation team. Ask Professor Zbe more questions. It's out there.

Tonga points fingers at the head of the preservation team, but Cristina's gaze does not move towards him, but toward the young Asian boy walking next to him.

Why are you looking at me like that? Do you know him?

I said something weird.

The Water Business?

Cristina's eyes were frozen.

Have you heard?

He came to see me yesterday. I want to water this mountain. I don't know what the hell I was thinking.

I agree that this is crazy. But · · ·

Cristina!

When her boss called, Cristina became a reflexively contorted face.

· · Searched for water better than the Maconde Elders who lived on this mountain for decades. There is a reason for unreasonable weirdness, and in this case · · ·

Cristina! Aren't you coming?

Here we go!

Cristina turns her head when she's finished answering.

It's either fraudulent or special. Hank, go upstairs and talk to him again.

She runs out into the mountain pass.

Tonga once again looked at the young Asian man. The sound of the beggar making Mozambique Bay's bottled water in luxury bottled water was utterly nonsense. In a world where grass and trees and vertebrates and invertebrates are mostly, what do you do?

I'm a fraud and a banana.

I prayed for a safe and meaningful conclusion to the event of the year as I watched those who walked along the gentle slopes of the holy land.

‘Ugh, it's hot. It wasn't winter?’

Jungwoo wiped the sweat that flowed down between the big trees, vines and grassy rainforests. The temperature that began to rise slowly as the sun rose rose was so high that his cheeks began to sag after two hours of climbing the slope.

Now, when I was desperate to stop climbing, I heard a voice from the front.

TP1

Cha Sung-soo, who was following me from behind, liked to build cheerfully, but kept his mouth shut when he saw Kaya with no change in her breathing.

Was there three pools around here? ’

Jung, who took the map out and confirmed its location, took a picture of Kaya.

Move inward and there is a spring. Here we go.

I'll be ready. I'll be gone in three minutes.

Jung looked at people with his bioblitz book in his hand.

People with binoculars, magnifying glasses, insect gatherers and long-haired people were noticeable, but almost everyone was shooting around with their phone's camera on.

There was nothing more concise than a photograph of the evidence that we found a living organism.

‘Most prominent animals will be recorded the same anyway. ’

I looked at the dense forest with a lot of vision to see if there were hidden objects and thought I should move around. With infrared vision, large animals were noticeable, and the field of view of sound waves was useful for discovering things that made sounds periodically like birds.

And...

Jungwoo, who was studying nature with molecular vision, couldn't help but open his mouth.

Soil, plants, air. The chemical signals detected in all sorts of things were at a completely different scale than the chemistry I had seen making the phone last month.

Aromatic compounds bloomed in the feces of unnamed herbivores, scotols, attract beetles, wasps and flies. The top predator lizards, who were aiming for insects to enjoy a feast with a mass of Escherichia coli, also had a happy time.

Problem after that.

flies to lizards, lizards to African musk cats, musk cats to hyena. Compete in a complicated drama and die fighting.

At the same time, the by-products of that competition enter the soil's own circulation of bacteria and fungi, delivering nutrients to trees and forests.

The first poop must have ingested a bunch of leaves from the tree that grew up absorbing the nutrients. The leopard took him.

Phenolic enzymes from organics, blood, and fruit falling from fur pieces of cats and beasts gave me detailed clues about the intricacies of this food chain.

‘Chemistry still exists in the cycle of the ecosystem. ’

After reviewing the chemical history of where fresh excrement and soil were mixed, Jungwoo stopped to look at the large beetles rolling over some of them.

"Hey, you know that big ending you got in there? ’

Mr. Han. Hey, what are you doing?

Soon after Kaya's voice was heard, Jung quickly opened his eyes to the molecular world. Sitting on the ground staring at the ground for a while, Kaya grows dizzy, but she glances at the enormous jungle.

"Oh, here we go.

Bang.

Number one, the beetle was in my cell phone.

"Oh, this is HelioCopris Andersony!"

Someone looks down at you and sees you sitting down, a black man with a BioBlitz helper card around his neck. The name "Zbe" and the title "Professor of Wildlife vs. Biotaxonomy in Tanzania" were also written on the card.

Is this beetle's name that complicated?

That's what it's all about. If you come across a new species, you can name it a little easier. Would you like to give me your expedition notes?

Zwega wrote down the academic name on her note and checked the certification box.

If you have a maid by your side, you can show her yourself.

I will.

While looking at Jungwoo with a smile, Zbe found a sackcloth with shells like armor and moved towards a group of college students who enjoyed it.

In an hour.

After taking a small bottle of water from a well situated in a mossy rock gap, the pot is firmly sealed and placed in a storage bag containing a previously collected bottle.

“Are you done? Please.”

He took it and put it in his bag.

Jung stood up from his seat and diligently captured the nearby creatures with a cell phone camera.

Ticktock, ticktock.

Then I stopped Kaya standing on a thick branch.

Kaya, who was filming the landscape with an action cam, looks curious as she looks at Jungwoo.

Sample collection ends in 10 seconds and takes 15 minutes. What's the priority?

Both.

The smiling Jung lifted the position of the phone lens higher and took a small bird with a dark brown line behind the eyes.

“Bird, what's your name? ”

Thrust

The sparrow was colorful because there were 20 different waves that sounded like a bird whistling in the shape of a small bird. Above all, it was good to hear.

Kaya, who raised her head up, fell in love with the cute birds and smiled at her mouth on her own. Her action cam, mounted on her wrist, also faces the bird.

Cha Seo wanted to do something, seeing the two of them exploring ecologically together with the trees.

That's why I think the bird's bush is called Aria. The flute sound is really beautiful.

I tried to interrupt with a rhetorical phrase, but I couldn't keep up with them. Jungwoo opened his mouth, lowering his cell phone while clearing his throat.

“In a world of waves, it's no different than music. ”

There was something strange flashing in Jungwoo's eyes, and Cha Sung-su was flawed.

Tak, Kaya, who jumped lightly from a branch, asked as she looked at the sunset.

Let me know if you find an animal for the video. We have 30 million views of Arctic Foxes in Alaska. That stunning landscape is barely 10 million.

"30 Million? I've seen it a lot.

Did you find the bird now, the absolute sense of smell? I can't even see it from down there.

"By sound, birds crying in the forest floor sing songs with more pitch and lower frequency than birds crying in leafy branches. Kaya will be able to tell the location if she hears it. You have bright ears.

"Ah, I guess so.

Cha Sang-soo looked at Kaya as jealous of Jungwoo having a spontaneous conversation with her. I don't know where I can show off my multifaceted knowledge even when I come to this wilderness in a chemical magnet that I rolled from. I understand when I'm older. But only twenty-eight. How did such a beautiful woman gain such respect and build such a relationship?

Jungwoo hung the bag that had been placed in front of the spring on his shoulder and said.

Back to point one.

On the way back, Kaya made her way to the jungle, so she was back in no time.

- Confirmation is this way!

After exploring from all over, those who returned from all over came to the aid team comprised of natural science professors to confirm their findings.

Jungwoo also stood in front of Professor Zbe with his cell phone and expedition notes.

Here.

Oh, Hodger ~

This too.

Giant Spotted X4 Cat in a Galago Monkey!

This, This, This · · · · · · · · · · · ·.

As the picture was endlessly coming out of my phone, I started to feel more puzzled by the smile on Zbe's face.

"The monkey in the Lionking has an insect in his hand if you look closely. It looks like a tree trunk and can be mistaken · ·

An olive baboon playing with an armor coat. You filmed this precious scene alone?

Ah · · Yes.

How many photos are left?

"Since this was taken after the second spring, about 20 chapters?

Zbe called his colleague in a hurry because he couldn't complete the certification by himself until he left.

A total of 89 bio-abjects recorded on mobile phones.

Locusts, warts, termites, fins, beetles, larvae, moths, frogs, lizards, mammals, birds. The classification was varied.

Looking at Jungwoo's cell phone photo, the professors shook his head.

What was the name of this bird?

Ginseng Mackerel?

"It has a black line in front of it.

"Eduard. What if the avian expert doesn't know about this?

After completing the certification, Jung had to save the battery, and I wanted to give it back to her, but I couldn't talk to her because of their heated reaction.

Directions to TP2.

Tonga stares at Zebe as she walks from the forefront, dumbfounded.

Are the findings bad?

No. I just met the God of Ecological Exploration.

"What kind of joke are you weighing down?

Zbe shakes his head and points far back.

"A man took a picture of a bird Eduard didn't know.

"New girl? Then it's a serious case.

You know what's scarier than that? The total number of people the other participants found was 60, and the man alone found 89.

Tonga's eyes widen.

Who is it?

"Hey, over there.

Tonga, who saw the Asian boy hanging from her fingertips, thought that she might lose one of the bananas she had walked earlier.

We arrived at the second stop around noon.

This is five places.

I opened the map and looked at the waterway I took yesterday, and the young shadow lifted my eyes on the map. Then, I met Professor Zbe, who pushed his head away and looked at his maps.

What's the matter?

I will devote myself to your exploration of ecology. Me and Professor Eduard.

A black man standing behind Zbe waves his hands and greets you.

Are you two me?

A record is a record.

After hearing that second place had found eight, Jung, who was about to rumble, scratched his chin and looked at Kaya. Kaya nods her head that she doesn't mind holding onto the Jungle Road to defeat the vines.

You'll have to move around and collect water in the middle.

I heard. I will hold the sacred water of Gorongusa.

I haven't seen clearer water than I thought, but yes.

The second exploration that started that way.

Jungwoo has been certified by collecting water from springs, exploring nature, and finding over 40 species in total.

“Huh?"

Jung, who stopped looking among the piles of bushes, stepped back with a horrific expression.

A royal spider. A spider, larger than a man's head, crouches among the grass.

Vivataran Tula ~

Zbe glances at the royal spider, revealing stiff fur with a joyful look.

Don't worry, there's no poison.

I think she can crush an elephant with her leg muscles.

Haha, Mr. Han is a funny joke.

Jung looked at Zbe helplessly because it was a sincere sound. I didn't want to look at it because my forearm was so creepy. However, a number of insects caught in the spider web where Vivataran Tula had remained fine attracted the attention of Jungwoo. It was because there were traces of blood.

‘Mosquitoes are basic and there are all kinds of people. ’

When I asked Zbe with a gesture, he explained that there are also various pests that bite the skin from a funnel to a falcon to the back.

Professor, are these pests targeting people?

Yes, but they usually travel in packs, following a large herd of animals. Nutrition, African buffalo. Even if bitten, very little.

I carefully watched the mouth of the winged vampiric insects who were worried about the words "tearing off blood as well as skin."

The way to the next expedition.

Even.

- Ow, it burns.

Oh, man!

- Bitten again.

Cristina laughs into her heart as screams come from everywhere.

In fact, it takes only a few minutes for a romantic experience in safari or wilderness tracking. The attack on insects that had not been seen in the dry place since they had gone deep into the humid rainforest was foretold. I just hope the blood next door tastes better.

Luckily, Brad's blood is much better than his own.

Damn mosquitoes!

Brad slaps his head vigorously, then turns his eyes to a grumpy look.

Tina.

Yes, sir.

Why aren't you listening to Mosquito Repellent?

I think it was just a bloodsucking fly.

In response, Brad unleashes an evil tale on the insect that disappeared into the bush. He touched the mustache and said to Cristina,

I think you've outlined a winner, so come to the next point for an interview. I need to get out of this godforsaken forest.

I understand.

Ta-da!

At the sound of the buzzing, Brad sighs, regretting that he had followed Brad up.

TP3

On arrival, Cristina, with her notebook and recorder in her hand, went to a bioblitz agent and heard an unbelievable answer.

You found 130? You didn't put any zeros wrong?

Professor Zbe has certified it. We're embarrassed, too. "

What about you?

You went to dedicate that participant.

Kristana's gaze goes back and forth to find Professor Zbe. Then I saw him with Lim Wu.

I'm crazy. You mean the special one?

As they make haste to depart, she catches the eye of the group standing in a slightly different landscape.

Why is it so peaceful?

As you approach, you hear Lim Wu's voice explaining something in a calm tone.

· · · Breathing contains almost 100 smelly molecules from carbon dioxide to complex hydrocarbons. The insect has a sense of smell sensor that detects some of these correctly.

There was a grass near Tarantula that emitted a fragrance strong enough to confuse this sense of smell. But you have to stick a needle in it and sharpen it like this.

Professor Zbe was amazed at the green liquid in a bottle.

Someone from the Orient knows the mountains better than we do.

In a way, it's a chemical field.

She naturally found out why the space was peaceful. There are no bugs flying around here that are hunting people.

Then I remembered that the Maconde Elders I met in last year's coverage were moving around chewing a blade of grass in their mouths as they walked through the forest. Surprisingly, there were no insect attacks.

There are cultures that share a common revival belief in Maconde shamanism and Buddhism in Asia. Cristina shakes her head as she develops her logic to this point. You can ask him yourself when he's in front of you.

Excuse me.

I bowed my head and looked at her, all of a sudden mixed eyes.

"I am Cristina, BBC Department of International Journalism. I'd like to accompany Mr. Lim Woo for an interview. Would that be okay?

Me?

I heard you're a BioBlitz winner.

I don't think I can answer honestly because there are many places to go at this point.

The negative answer reminded Cristina of yesterday's conversation and said,

There is a spring where the elders of the tribe who lived here for 20 years think very sacred. There is water that cleanses the soul, the only water that grown-up tribesmen drink once in their lives. If you let me interview you, I'll show you.

Drink?

I opened my eyes to the beautiful exchange conditions.

Then I can give you any interview.

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