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Over on American Prospect, Chris Mooney reflects on the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker and the strange role of charisma in our efforts to recover endangered species.

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.

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  1. scott s Posted 5:38 am
    10 May 2005

    tiny, ugly and slimymy environmental law teacher used to call these preferential species 'charismatic megafauna'. i suppose it is human nature to feel for big, cute and cuddly over tiny, ugly and slimy.
    of course, the good thing is that when we protect habitat for gorilla, we protect the rest of the ecosystem too.

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