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Antonia Malchik's avatar

"And once you gain that kind of intimacy with an animal whose linage goes back 100 million years, perhaps then you will realize that a butterfly the size of your thumbnail is not only a gossamer insect, but an expression of time and place." That line brought a thrill to my heart. With all the arguments for or against protecting various species, more and more I fall with the feeling that we don't need persuasion to know that we're all part of life together with these creatures, all relatives.

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Steve Trombulak's avatar

Beautiful. In all my years of conservation advocacy, I've never heard the argument that protecting uncharismatic or unprofitable biodiversity was analogous to protecting free speech, supposedly a bedrock of American greatness. That is one powerful argument, and I can't wait to use it the next time I find myself needing to defend those in the Web of Life who need defense!

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