More Wildlife on Campus/キャンパスの野生動物

台南の冬は最高に気持ちいい。俺みたいな緯度の高い所から来とる人からすれば、昼間は春みたいに暖かい。そのせいで、最近俺はめっちゃ弁当に嵌まっとる。弁当ば買って、成功大学の綺麗なキャンパスで食事するのは本当に最高だ。

Tainan's winters are pretty much perfect from the perspective of those of us from northern latitudes.  To me, every day recently has felt like spring during the middle of the day.  As a result of the weather--and of how pretty Cheng Da's campus is--I've been eating outside a lot recently.

 キャンパスの栗鼠は皆この黒い種だ。
The squirrels on campus are all this black variety.

 大きなガジマル木が沢山有る。
This is a banyan tree.  The ones on campus are old and huge and provide very good shade.  Shade's important since the sun here is pretty strong even in the middle of the "winter".

 外で食事するのはいいけど、一つだけ気を付けないといけないところが有る。ガジマル木の下で食事すれば、鳥の糞と写真に出とる毛虫が時々落ちて来る。

 There are just two things you have to watch out for if you have lunch under a banyan: bird poop and caterpillars.  I don't know for sure since I haven't tried touching them, but there's a good chance that those hairs on the caterpillar are protective, and if you touch them they'll probably make you itchy.  Still, I think the caterpillars are cute!

 毛虫は、触ったらもしかして痒く成るかもしれないから、有る意味で面倒臭いけど、一方ではちょっと可愛い。

Look at the little guy!