The Impending Extinction of Natural history

["Robert Read" <>]

Anthea Fleming in Melbourne wrote
>
> Most of the Scouts etc I have spoken to had no idea that one COULD carry
> out studies of what a caterpillar will turn into. Some had seen emerging
> butterflies on TV, and that was all. >
>
In this vein we were rather surprised that two guests, young women from the
UK age 18 and 31, had never seen a butterfly chrysalis.  The older was a
keen walker with a claimed interest in natural history.  I suspect that the
same would apply to many urban Australians.

Robert Read
Alice Springs


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