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Your “Shoo, fly, don’t bother me!” editorial was dead on the money. Scientists estimate there are 11 million species of life, of which only a million have been identified. They also estimate that 25 go out of existence every day. One can assume that 25 evolve into existence each day. I doubt if anyone wants to see the last bison or polar bear extinguished, but it would appear to be time to limit our concern of species to those that weigh at least one pound. Otherwise with 10 million more species to be identified, this will be going on forever.