I am like an amateur scientist studying my backyard.

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I am mesmerized by nature. I'm like a nerd scientist if I'm free in the afternoon, or on the weekend. I start studying things like plants and bugs. Is this completely weird? I will end up spending a few hours reading up what I find. Its crazy what exists in your backyard! Molds are the weirdest, creepiest of things. I've got lizards outside my house. Its a microscopic jungle out there. I'm looking to buy myself some tools to play scientist whenever I want. I've been grabbing local samples from a nearby stream to see what's in it. I hope I don't discover any dangerous environmental pollutants. But, it could happen. This is unusual, right? It bores everyone I know.

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  • Shrunk
    8 years ago

    I used to do more of that as a kid... whenever i went to a river i would smash rocks with other rocks, hoping to find a gem someday... never did, but i found some other nice crystals and fossils... mold is pretty cool same with fungi... and we have lizards here too but just small ones, and tree frogs, never seen them just heard them ^-^

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      The itty bitty frogs, I have to keep them OUT of my house, lol.

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      • RoseIsabella
        8 years ago

        I LOVE FROGS!

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  • howaminotmyself
    8 years ago

    Hardly boring, hardly unusual. What makes you think it's weird? Your friends? Well, these friends sound lame.

    You seem self conscious about it. Go with it, study, be happy.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    8 years ago

    I tried puttin a black bear under a microscope once and it dint end well

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Lolllzzz!

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  • dirtybirdy
    8 years ago

    Not to that extent but I go through my yard every day to watch the progress and see what's buzzing around. I love nature stuff and it's just such wow. High five!!!

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Like lightning bugs !?!?! Beautiful atmosphere! Bioluminescence. Loom-in-esence. Luuumenessance... I'm weird.

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      • dirtybirdy
        8 years ago

        I love lightning bugs!!! I knew a chick who said she used to catch them and smear their asses on her fingernails like "nail polish " and proceeded to do so and show me >:o I wanted to kill her so fuckin hard!

        You may be weird but you're top notch buddy material in my book!

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          8 years ago

          I would never ever ever EVER do something like that. Instead, if someone did that in front of me, I would proceed to take the nail polish and STUFF it up their nose as karmic justice.

          I only gently catch lightning bugs to watch up close for minutes, then release them. They live such tiny short lives as is. Let them be free.

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    I spend as much time as I can just floating over the reefs around the islands we visit, watching all the sea creatures interacting and going about their lives. I can spend hours just watching these creatures; octopi, squid, all the various fish and the crustaceans. Some fish have cleaning stations where other fish come to get the parasites removed. There are actually fish that lurk on the bottom and look exactly like lizards. Each creature seems to have something to do, all the time.
    So I can understand how you might find creatures that fascinate you in your yard.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Wow! That's a vision! Makes me want to go scuba diving.

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  • NeofelisNebulosa
    8 years ago

    I do the same thing. Insects, plants, fungi, birds... Anything cool I can find!

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  • handsignals
    8 years ago

    You just sound really stoned to me.

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  • RoseIsabella
    8 years ago

    I think it's pretty cool, but then again I had a little microscope as a kid.
    :-)

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  • VinnyB
    8 years ago

    Sounds like a very normal, educational hobby to me.

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