Thursday, October 11, 2012

The Unexpected Dangers of the Amazon Rainforest...

The Amazon Rainforest, Josue has been very excited of visiting this place since he likes to explore a lot so going to the biggest rainforest in the world brought joy and excitement to Josue. Josue has just arrived to Brazil where he will accompany a tour to the Amazon Rainforest that will last several weeks camping out in the rainforest. Josue along with many other people grouped up and began to follow the tour guide leader who's name was Buff. Now, Buff was an expert survival-man and also an expert biologist and he was very good at leading so he was best to lead the group into the Amazon Rainforest. Also Buff was...well buff, the guy was extremely athletic so he had no problem with stamina.

As Buff led everyone into the Amazon Rainforest, he began explaining the dangers of the rainforest which was mostly insects and diseases. Buff warned everyone not to drink water from the rivers unless it's been boiled because water from the rivers can have bacteria which will make you sick in a matter of hours. Buff also said to wear protective clothing like long pants instead of shorts and shoes instead of sandals so that insects and spiders won't bite you. Buff also said that most insects carried diseases so he asked if everyone had been vaccinated to prevent most of the diseases for a while. It seemed like everyone said yes, except poor little Josue who was distracted by the beauty of the environment of the Amazon Rainforest. Josue barely paid attention to Buff, he just wanted to look around, jot down notes, take pictures, and just mainly explore, it's what he came to do. 

Josue wasn't aware of the dangers of the Amazon Rainforest, the guy was gullible to everything in the rainforest at the moment. As Buff stop to set up the camps, Josue wandered off into a nearby river to take pictures by himself. When he got there, he felt thirsty so he started drinking from the river which Buff clearly warned everyone NOT to do. Josue felt very hot so he took off his shoes and started walking around barefooted which was extremely dangerous. when Josue returned to the campsite, he felt something bite him on his feet, but he didn't pay much attention to it, he was very tired so he wanted to go to sleep. When he woke up, Josue's foot was extremely swollen and Josue felt very weak. Josue barely had the power to call for help, thank god someone saw Josue crawling out of his tent in sheer pain.When Buff was notified of Josue's state, he immediately called for help to wait for him in the entrance to the forest and Buff with his gigantic arms, picked Josue up and rushed over to the entrance of the forest. Josue was in bad conditions, the poor guy passed out several times on the way to help. When Buff finally reached the entrance, there was an ambulance already waiting for Josue. Once Josue got to the hospital, he was treated. The doctor told Josue that he was bitten by a Banana Spider which is a large very black spider resembling a tarantula. The bite from this spider can kill you or at least cause you a great deal of pain and make you sick. 

After a week, Josue was back on his feet all healthy again thanks to Buff and the hospital. When he returned back to the campsite, Buff told Josue that he should of listened to his warnings. Josue learned to listen after this, because if you don't listen, you're never going to learn.

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