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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

The National Geographic effect

"Anyone who has ever stepped into a rainforest, head full of images from glossy nature photography, has had…disappointment, which derives from confusing diversity with abundance."
- David Quammen in Song of the Dodo
Posted by The Wallcreeper at 12:36 pm

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