Last week we had a field trip to Kuala Selangor, Malaysia. We had a lot of great activities, we went to see fireflies, we went to visit historical places and museums, we walked to see birds and different types of trees, and the most fun activity we made was planting mangroves! All these experiences were so cool but the one I liked the most was the mangrove planting.
At the beginning we started walking to the mangrove forest with the special boots that the park gave us. Then the guide talked us about how to move in the mud and how to plant. I thought it was really easy to plant but it wasn't. Next we took special gloves provided by the park too and started to walk in the mud. It was really easy to move at the beginning, but then suddenly the mud was drying so many people started to fall down into the mud!! I didn't want to get all muddy, so I was really careful until Maria pulled me because she was falling, so we both fell into the mud. That was so funny. I was scared to fall down because the guide told us that little crabs lived in the mud! The mud was drier on the middle of the mangrove forest and we needed to plant them there so it was really frustrating and annoying to take a step and get jammed on the mud. Actually we needed the help of the personal to get out of the mud! But at the end I finished planting and I was full of mud, it felt really weird.
As you can see this mangrove adventure was really cool, but I also learned that they are too important to the environment, because they can protect the environment from floods making enforcement with their roots and they can survive underwater. They too protect the environment from strong winds by growing large and large to keep the air away from the place.
I will like to return there to learn even more about these special plants because they allow the environment to survive, but besides of learning about mangroves I would like to learn about more different plants that help the environment to survive.
Thank you
