Hugh Downs explains why biodiversity (and taxonomy and natural history museums) matter. “Taxonomy is only important if you live on this planet.”
Courtesy of Planet Bob(alias the Arizona State University Institute for Species Exploration).
In case you're wondering, Erik Holsinger (one of the producers) and I share an unusual last name, but we're not (closely) related.1
1We are both humans and both &ldqup;Holsingers”, but I have no idea where Erik sits in my family tree.
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