anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> describe a sense of emptiness where the rich texture of life has drained away.</p><p>Colour in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butterflies</span></a> is not decoration. It evolved over millions of years as a language of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/survival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survival</span></a> helping them attract mates, evade predators and blend into complex forest backdrops. In diverse <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> colour signals <a href="https://mas.to/tags/abundance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abundance</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a>. In degraded <a href="https://mas.to/tags/landscapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscapes</span></a> drabness becomes an advantage. The most colourful species are often the first to disappear when native <a href="https://mas.to/tags/vegetation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegetation</span></a> is lost,</p>