blog #27 Nature Blog

1. How did you react to the idea that even in the 21st century, there are still parts of California (and the world) that are completely undiscovered? What does this make you think & feel?

I am somewhat surprised that there were unexplored places in the world but I of course new not every square inch has been charted and mapped. I can see how it is unmapped and people might not have been there for many years but people can never know if some one a thousand years ago might have walked through or not. How ever I am still surprised that if people where finding giant trees on the California coast you think some one would think what if there are bigger ones in further back valleys or neighboring valleys.


3. Before people started exploring the tree canopies, many people assumed it was like a desert up there (barren of life). It turned out to more like a coral reef (teeming with biodiversity). Why were so many people so wrong? Why did they make the wrong assumption? What lessons should we learn from these discoveries?

I think many people think trees are barren because if you just climb a tree or look at it, it doesn’t appear to have anything on it except the bark and the trees. Most people when they grow up don’t climb tree’s thinking its irresponsible and that they don’t need to because they can see what’s in the tree by looking at it from the ground. The lesson should be don’t just give a quick look and declare what’s in the tree look closely and observe all the tree not just the part you can see from the ground.