Recently, scientists discovered 52 new species in the Pacific off Indonesia. Elated, Mark Erdmann, a U. S. scientist who led surveys there this year, stated, "We feel very confident that this is the epicenter of marine biodiversity" on the planet. They immediately urged that the precious area receive protection from commercial fishing. What they did not reveal is that the clever fish are diversifying just to make sure there's plenty of life, at least in the Pacific, to keep the earth humming as the center of it in the solar system, just in case humans blow it on land.

 

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