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Which writer at the end of his life acknowledged the harm done to nature by his own work?

Peter Benchley, the author of the novel "Jaws", later filmed by Steven Spielberg, in the last years of his life became an ardent defender of sharks and the marine ecosystem in general. He wrote several works in which he criticized the negative attitude towards sharks, inflated in the mass consciousness, including thanks to Jaws.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Who is a lemming?

The lemming is a small, mouse-like rodent that lives in cold areas. The animal has only 13 cm in length. He lives in Norway, Sweden and Lapland.

Lemmings feed on roots, stems and moss. A female usually has two broods per year, each with 3 to 5 cubs.

But what attracts people to this creation? It turns out that every 3-4 years armies of these rodents run through certain parts of Norway, Sweden and Lapland. They always move in the direction from the hills to the sea. It can be different directions, but always to the sea.

Lemmings advance slowly but steadily, ignoring obstacles. They usually do this at night and sleep and eat during the day. This army crosses rivers and swims across lakes several kilometers wide. They pass through the whole city, as if they are being pulled by an unknown force that cannot be resisted.

As they advance, they cause enormous damage, destroying all varieties of vegetable crops. They are followed by crowds of animals and birds, whose usual food is just lemmings. They attack these rodents, kill and eat them.

Since this march to the sea is undertaken once every 3-4 years and they multiply rapidly, the army is so large that it is not exterminated by such a large number of enemies. And when the lemmings finally reach the sea, they throw themselves into the waves and end their lives like that. Not a single rodent returns from this trip!

How to explain this mysterious phenomenon? As far as we know, this is due to overpopulation conditions. When lemmings become too numerous to live and feed on everything in their usual habitats, a special instinct drives them to rush to the sea.

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