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A review by donasbooks
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions by David Quammen
5.0
If I had not been listening to an audiobook as a complement to my read, I don't think I would have made it through. THE SONG OF THE DODO is a deeply depressing book, and so foreboding I needed days to stop ruminating. It isn't what Quammen says in this book that scared me. He goes on page after page, after section, after historical era describing the eradication of animal species, sometimes whole ecosystems. All the while, looms the shadow of society, springing up unobstructed-- thriving. But Quammen never places blame or points a finger, as though to say-- this is not a question of morality. It's more practical than that.
He walks the reader along and describes an Earth we would inherit if such obliteration of ecodiversity continues unchecked. But something else he leaves unsaid-- an answer for this problem. He sees his place as to describe-- not prescribe. Quammen doesn't want to save us from ourselves.
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He walks the reader along and describes an Earth we would inherit if such obliteration of ecodiversity continues unchecked. But something else he leaves unsaid-- an answer for this problem. He sees his place as to describe-- not prescribe. Quammen doesn't want to save us from ourselves.
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