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i do find it funny how whenever i bring up entomology and a scientific fascination with butterflies people are like "yeah they're so important to the environment!" and that's true. but that's not what i care to study about...

#melonposting #i'm doing something lepidopterology related for my final art project #and the teacher was like yeah! and you can talk about conservation and stuff #and yeahhhh that's important but also that's never been what i cared about??#i'm fascinated with how they look and how they behave and how they live and how they evolved #and i care a lot about the environment but my interest in butterflies is not really ecological #and a lot of these internships too are talking about insects' ecological roles #which is an important thing to study! and i guess a topical/hot-button thing when we're thinking about climate change!#but i just find them interesting :'D i don't know if that kind of study is marketable in science but that's just what it is #i'm not opposed to going more ecological in my studies but that's very much not how i got into it #i wasn't the type of kid who had to be made to tolerate bugs by being told they're important #i found them cool and pretty anyway so that was never really a factor i guess

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