The little and hidden things in the ecology create and maintain those species we place so much value on.
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Underneath our feet are the teeming millions that create the fertility on which all else depends.
The covering for this fecund and abundant soil are the grasses and simple pants, which form the food for the great herds of herbivores that roam this magnificent planet.
It is good to sit with these humble and invisible organisms, for without them, the eagles, the flowers and all the other beautiful and dramatic animals simply could not be.
Photo: Worm cast and emergent herbs at Saladaviciosa. Courtesy of the author.