The Unstartled Steppes of Dream
I am Ashley.
This is my personal blog. If you want just marine biology, go here.
I love the world; I really don't like people.
I balance all this animosity towards the human race with being an almost always kind and gentle being to all creatures.
I'm highly introverted and nature is my primary escape from people.
Creepy-crawly-slimy things are my favorites. Dinosaurs are fantastic.
Future marine biologist; presently an amateur entomologist, ichthyologist, artist, biologist, and writer.
Literature, video game, and music connoisseur.
I'm so full of passion for the world that it hurts.
I think a lot, I laugh a lot, I love a lot.
Almost none of the photos are mine and only some of the drawings are mine.
Listen in.
Good news for those of you who, similar to myself, have “discover a new species” on your bucket list:
To date, approximately 1.7 million species have been described. However, scientists estimate that there may be between 3 and 50 million species total! Even if we follow that conservative estimate of 3 million, that still means we’ve found only a little over half of the species with which we share this planet! Personally, I think that is SO COOL.
Looking at that estimate of 50 million species total, scientists state that there may be 30 million species of insects. We’ve only discovered 571,000 species. That would mean there are FIFTY TIMES MORE types of insects on this planet than those we’ve already discovered.
Studying for ecology is blowing my mind this morning.
