I want to become a wildlife biologist. Should I take Latin or Spanish?

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I know that Spanish is good because it is the second most spoken language, but I know Latin helps with English grammar and science. (taxonomy) Which one should I take? Give me the POSITIVES of each one, not negatives
 
Depends on where you want to work - Spanish might be helpful in the American Southwest. I think a semester or two of Latin would be good for taxonomy though, plus quite a lot of anatomical vocabulary is Latin, setae, ocelli, anterior, orbitale, that sort of thing.

I've taken bio classes and I had high school Latin, and I could breeze through anatomical memorization, while the ex Spanish students had the advantage of being able to order tacos more efficiently.
 
When I studied latin at the school, it was only for reading chronicles of Julius Caesar wars and something so. Nothing to do with wildlife, believe me. Speak spanish!
 
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