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Biodiversity Loss Is the Greatest Menace on Earth

Craig Foster on his 3 greatest revelations while writing Amphibious Soul. The post Biodiversity Loss Is the Greatest Menace on Earth appeared first on Nautilus.

1 Biodiversity is the single most precious thing on this planet

I’ve spent 12 years and 4,400 dives eye to eye with otters, crabs, octopus, cuttlefish, rock suckers, and many other exquisite creatures of the Great African Seaforest. I’ve learned directly from them and the underwater tracks they leave. I know their secret lives, and I still have so much to learn. They have filled my intellect with a fundamental truth and woven it around my heart. They have taught me that the single most

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