Michelle Marchante
Take a walk in the wild with FIU ‘Ecology of South Florida’ class
Updated: Jun 22, 2018

Michelle Marchante/Staff Writer
I’ve always found nature beautiful and I love learning about animals but I’ve always liked experiencing it through the car window, behind a zoo railing, with some type of barrier separating me from it all.
Admit it, I’m a city girl.
I like the comfort of not having to stab a stick into the ground to make sure nothing’s there before I take a step, not having to worry about a snake biting me and, like most city girls, I really like my air conditioning.
When I signed up for this class I assumed the field trips wouldn’t be that wild because it was a class meant for non-science majors.
Boy, was I wrong.
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