Reposted by Pooja Nathan
Wrote a little something about ecological fitting, a concept that has gently rewired my experience of hikes and wildflower walks, and what it means if most organisms are living, not their best possible life, but well enough.
Not the fittest, but the fitted
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Not the fittest, but the fitted
A marine blue butterfly (Leptotes marina, native to the Americas) nectaring on the flowers of a white clover (Trifolium repens, native to Europe) in the lawn of a Los Angeles city park. (Photo by me) A little knowledge of natural history is a dangerous thing. This is, first, because knowing a few things — the names of some common wildflowers, or the songs of some neighborhood birds — begets curiosity about more things, and soon enough you've gone from installing…
