But a suspiciously large number of the new species have turned up in the limited group of big, showy animals known somewhat disparagingly as “charismatic megafauna”—in other words the species that the public, as opposed to the experts, care about.
But a suspiciously large number of the new species have turned up in the limited group of big, showy animals known somewhat disparagingly as “charismatic megafauna”—in other words the species that the public, as opposed to the experts, care about.
有意思的是，那些由专家定义且让人摸不着头脑的海量新物种，到了公众眼里，就全都被描述为少数几个兼容并包、言简意赅的大整体，有人戏称之为“魅力十足的大猛犸”。