wildly, Chance
 
Name: Chance Age: 16 Birthday: July 16 Fave Beach: Laguna Tide Pools or British Virgin Islands Fave class: Biology, Chemistry Fave Book: The Giver and the Harry Potter books Fave Movie: Monty Python, IronMan Fave Quote: “And this is our life exempt from public haunt finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones and good in everything.” -William Shakespeare nature Chanceology: the study of chance Some of My Excellent Wildlife Adventures Raptors Sea Lions & Manatees Bats  Reptiles  Insects  Tide Pools  Sharks and Tons more! Wild
 
“That kid with the long hair is really into animals...” What I’m about: I’m what I call a wildlife ambassador. My thing is to explain things to people about wildlife and wild habitats. I want other kids to understand how cool animals are and see how profoundly the way we treat nature, affects the future we’re supposed to inherit. I have a brother- Josh, (click on his name- you can come back here when you are done.) He’s a year older than me. We work together. I speak at camps and schools and Josh is usually there wrangling animals for me. Besides that stuff, we rescue a lot animals and I’ve been studying with professionals for about 10 years and doing my own scientific research. For the last few years I’ve been working with sharks. Basically developing a low-cost shark repellent so that I can highlight the awesome adaptations of sharks, and at the same time, help people stay safe when they are in a shark’s habitat. Maybe if people are feeling safe, they will change their attitudes toward sharks. That’s one of my goals anyway. Our future is totally linked to how we treat things like water, air and the earth. I have learned that we humans are richer if we take care of nature, than we are if we sell it off or destroy it. People always ask “How did you get started so young?” Mine is a story that started at an Air Force Academy Football game when a falcon flew right past me up in the stands. I tell people it flew right through me but that is hard to understand unless you are me. The best way to explain it is that I discovered an intense interest in wildlife. And it wasn’t a phase. I look back now and realize it was a calling. That falcon was really the trigger, like the first time some kids see Beckam play soccer and then soccer becomes their life. Something just clicks and you know that’s what you love. So I got involved with wildlife like other kids get involved with soccer. But then one day my whole idea about animals changed. And that is really what I’m about now. One of the defining moments in my life happened when I was about 5 or 6.... after something died. Here’s how it all started josh.htmlHidden%20Path.htmlHidden%20Path.htmlshapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1shapeimage_7_link_2
“Man’s heart away from nature beomes hard.”
Some of My influences: (Link) My Dad and Mom Kelly Morales J. David Bamberger Robert Kennedy Jr. Dan Chiras, PhD Jane GoodallWild%20Influences.htmlshapeimage_9_link_0