rare tree: *appears on college campus and persists undetected for decades*
campus tree scientists:
who was the first person to write “tongues battling for dominance” and have they issued a public apology yet
Me as a demon
There were a lot of freshwater mussels on the 2021 US extinction list. They didn’t leave us with haunting recordings of them calling out for a mate they’d never meet, there were no drawings in vivid color. They were extremely important nevertheless and their loss is frustrating too. That’s why stream ecology and mollusks have always fascinated me. They were silent, stalwart little heroes and entire species were lost to pollution.