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unimaginable

7/7/2025

 
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"Without thinking I mirror
how little they must think of us
How unimaginable we must be"

From Blood Price, Donika Kelly, in Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation, eds. Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman, Susan Tacent

The Rules of the World

7/6/2025

 
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"My son looks worried. 'Panthers are not dangerous?' I tell him that they stay away from people, that they roam the jungle and freshwater swamps looking for rabbits and armadillo to eat. 'Don't think of them as predators, think of them as magicians.' He is nine, which is old enough to understand a lot about the rules of the world, and to feel discomfort with the vast unknown."

From Home Range, Ramona Ausubel, in Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation, eds. Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman, Susan Tacent

high mobility

7/4/2025

 
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"substantial impact on the population due to
       generalist predatory behavior
       and high mobility"

From Company We Keep, Mary-Kim Arnold, in Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation, eds. Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman, Susan Tacent

generation

7/2/2025

 
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"No single animal will persist beyond a single generation."

From Each Other, Lucy Spelman, in Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation, eds. Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman, Susan Tacent

proximity

7/1/2025

 
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"Proximity is essential for evolution."

From Each Other, Lucy Spelman, in Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation, eds. Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman, Susan Tacent
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