Litsy

Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things | M. R. O'Connor

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This was quite philosophical at times. Does it make sense to save a species that is then unable to live in the wild? Is it fair to that animal? What constitues true conservation? Life at all costs? There are even DNA banks, called frozen zoo's, with samples of over a thousand different species of insects, fish and mammals saved in them. (10,000 individual cells.) To what end remains to be seen. Overall it was a facinating read and I learned a lot.

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AllDebooks

The Life of Mammals | David Attenborough

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A new series from BBC with Sir David Attenborough, can't wait. ❤️

https://www.bbcearth.com/shows/mammals

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Robotswithpersonality

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

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It's clear that the author comes to this subject with a sense of wonder, happy to explore new and old questions that don't necessarily have answers. It also seems the author is happy to float off a little farther outside the box than the textual framework might initially seem to support, and that he's happy to repeat himself if he thinks it will help convey the information he's focused on. 1/3

Robotswithpersonality 2/3 There were many nifty tidbits, but it does feel more like a personal journey of the author's relationship to and ongoing studies of fungi, less like an investigative summary of the facts as we know them.
We'll chalk this one up to me having incorrect expectations. 🤷🏼‍♂️ 1mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/3 ⚠️Heads up:
Nematode worm eating/hunting fungus/mushrooms description and what zombie fungi do to carpenter ants could make great content for the relatively new subgenre of "sporror" I keep hearing about (that I will never ever read) (apparently the second one already has been inspiration for fictional media?) 1mo

Robotswithpersonality I did also flip through the Illustrated Edition as my library also had it. A work of art. Absolute feast for the eyes. Photography, microscopy, and illustrations, all in full colour, a gorgeous coffee table book. (Coulda done without a couple of those insect shots. 😶‍🌫️) 1mo

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