Animals
Ok, so we don’t have a lot to say about the animals yet ‘cause we haven’t seen any of the cool BIG ones. However, Mark and I are fascinated by the ants locally known as “safari ants.” As you might have guessed, they seem to spend their life traveling from one place to another. The soldiers stand on the outside of the line and protect the rest of the ants as the run to wherever it is that they are going. 4 weeks into this, and we still stop and watch them because they are so cool! You have to be careful, however, because apparently they don’t feel so good when they bite you. According to our host family, they can kill a chicken if they get into the coop. Because of that, the family spends a lot of time trying to direct the ants away from the house. This is done by either burning them with lit newspaper or spraying them with kerosene. Seems kind of mean, but if they can kill a chicken, then I REALLY don’t want them crawling into bed with me!