Outdoors Memes

Expectation vs reality has never been more painfully accurate! On the left: the glorious fantasy of fieldwork—Disney princesses communing with woodland creatures, majestic swims with dolphins, and triumphant mountain conquests. On the right: the true Northern Ontario experience—becoming a walking buffet for mosquitoes and black flies that see your face as prime real estate. Every field biologist knows the truth: for every Instagram-worthy nature moment, there are 47 hours of being aggressively sampled by the local arthropod population. The real data you collect? How many different species can feast on your blood in a 24-hour period.