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For sure. "Modelling" has replaced critical thnking in much of the research connected with wildlife.

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Hey, Peter. One answer to the exit question is "forecasts of mass extinction"--all those thousands of beetle species yet to be identified that we now know are going to die.

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One of the studies that dire warnings of "insect armageddon" are based on, estimated insect biomass by weighing insects preserved in alcohol - without bothering to dry them off.

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Oh, for Pete's sake .

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