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Shannon's avatar

Somehow you have taken 2020 and absolutely inspired me and walked me past doomsday every Sunday night. Thank you!

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Peter Struble's avatar

Not Monarchs, rather Queen butterflies: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(butterfly). Otherwise nice post...

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Christopher Brown's avatar

Thanks, Peter, someone else made the same comment, and I fixed it—my bad, since I thought about double-checking that very fact even as I was posting it. (As I said here early in this newsletter, I take the somewhat heretical position that "taxonomy is the enemy of wonder," but that doesn't excuse such laziness!)

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William Brown's avatar

Another great post. It made me recall the German biogeographer, Alexander von Humboldt, who in the 19tn Century warned us about the consequences of decimating Nature. Your message is very important.

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Christopher Brown's avatar

Thanks!

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