Speaker 1: Hi, Ranger Reid here and Ranger Brook who look at
Ranger Reid.
Speaker 2: Welcome to creation nuggets follow us.
Speaker 3: The ranger station's just ahead.
Speaker 2: Good try, Hugo, aim a little to the left next
time with your bow.
Speaker 1: Okay, Ranger Reid, you're good.
Speaker 2: At ar tree, just part of my range of skills, Hugo.
Speaker 1: I'll fetch that earlier.
Speaker 2: Try watch out for anything poisonous. Remember what we talked
about at the nature station yesterday.
Speaker 1: Li's a three let it be yes.
Speaker 2: I remember that's a good motto unless you're looking at
a strawberry plant.
Speaker 1: Rangerie, you're funny, I think my aerofo behind this tree.
Speaker 2: Oh, Hugo, stop right there?
Speaker 1: What is read?
Speaker 2: You are about to put your hand on a poison
ivy vine.
Speaker 1: This thick ropelike thing going up the tree. I thought
it was just a neat vine.
Speaker 2: No, that's another manifestation of a very adaptable plant. Adaptable
how in the shade it grows tall, in the wind,
it stays small that depending on its environments, this plant
can be anywhere from a tall vine to a thick
ground cover, but all of it has urushio. What take
a look at this leaf here? See the little dark spots.
Those are where the plant's sap has reached air. The
oil in the sap is called eurushiol.
Speaker 1: The oil that gets on clothes and gives people rashes
on their skin.
Speaker 2: That's the culprit.
Speaker 1: Ranger read, why don't we burn up all the poison
ivy then the urushiel? Would it hurt people?
Speaker 2: Be careful with that. One fire doesn't destroy urushiol, it
does it not at all. That plant would backfire. The
flames release the oil into the air that we bring,
which can irritate the lungs. Words have a powerful effect
on people too, just like urushiol. Once said, words can
linger for more than days or weeks, but also years.
Speaker 1: That's true. I can remember stuff people said from a
long time ago. Uh Ranger, Reid, Hugo, you tripped, you didn't,
I kind of touched the poison ivy.
Speaker 3: That's a rash situation.
Speaker 2: Run to your cabin. Washing with soap and water during
the first thirty minutes of exposure can cut down your reaction.
Speaker 1: I'm nervous.
Speaker 2: All of God's creation is amazing, Hugo. Just remember that
some things are better enjoyed from a safe distance.
Speaker 1: I'm going to wash up.
Speaker 2: Let's hope it clears.
Speaker 3: Leafing no trace.
Speaker 2: Mountaineers join me, Ranger Reid here in the Discovery Mountain
Club again next time for mar creation Nuggets. Today's Creation
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