Entry 10 – October 16, 2012
Today, I came to a discovery. In making this discovery, I made myself feel pretty stupid. It all started when my younger brother asked me for help with his homework. I usually help him because I have the time to. He needed help with some kind of matching in science. I think this was general science of some sort (e.g. energy, animals, etc.). My brother said he needed help in the animals section of his homework. He handed me a black and white printed homework sheet and pointed to an area on the worksheet. I had to admit, the way this homework was printed, it was hard to identify some things. The discovery came when we encountered one matching problem that said "Reptiles have _". I knew the answer was "scales", but it was hard to tell from the poorly printed paper. A random thought came in my head when I looked closer at the provided picture. The "scale" sorta looked like the object that hit me a few nights before. Being that it was in black and white, it really looked like the object. I was silent for a moment, just thinking about the possibility of the object being a scale. The matching section was called "Animal Exclusivity", so that probably meant that these are objects that only these animal groups have. After finishing assisting my brother, I went up to my tree-house and looked at the thin, black object that resided on the desk. I thought to myself that this must be a reptile scale. There were many questions that went through my head. "What kind of reptile am I dealing with? Some kind of black, tree hopping lizard?" With the fact that this creature shakes trees as it moves from tree to tree, it might be a larger reptile. It would help if I could see this thing during the day. Even if it came down to the ground at night, I would have a better chance of knowing what it was or at least what it looked like. I'll have to do some major research on reptiles now. At least I have a way to narrow down what this creature is.