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World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
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8 minute read
Published Sep 8, 2020
What you'll learn
A professor of English and creative writing uses her craft to illuminate the natural world and a handful of the joys and oddities it contains. Time and again, the critters she discovers manage to illuminate human life and some of the challenges that pop up as we come of age.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 Firefly flashes are magical, but they also signal that a new generation is exiting to make room for a new one.
- 2 Whale sharks are encased in mythologies and trapped in aquariums.
- 3 Some butterflies have memories of geological features that haven’t existed for ages.
- 4 An animal is confident in its camouflage if it sleeps through the day out in the open.
- 5 Some deep sea creatures look hellish, but they just want to be left alone.
- 6 For the first time ever, the world is witnessing frogs dance their way into love.
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