Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):
During my master's work, my field work took place in the tropical rain forest of Hawaii! It sounds like a dream come true to most people but it was actually very challenging. The first thing you should know about the rain forest is that it rains a lot! Leading to many days feeling soggy and having to extensively protect my equipment. The second thing you should know is that these forests are a large number of invasive wild pigs/boars. The boars are large, about 200lbs, and will charge you if provoked, especially the mothers protecting their piglets. On our first day out in the field, we were hiking through a clearing that had knee high grass. We were about half way through the clearing when suddenly something black jumped from the grass squealing loudly. It was a piglet frantically calling for mom to come save it from these two strangers that happened upon it. We quickly ran backward. Having forest on either side of us there was every chance that we placed ourselves in between the baby and the mom, which is the most dangerous situation possible. Luckily, we did not see mom at all and could make our escape through the forest. From then on, I wore jingle bells and carried a whistle to scare away any pigs before we could get in a situation like that again. Even though it annoyed my assistant, I felt much safer with them!