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Wildlife Afield ecies ■ '"T ’ =. MBr -H To Everyone: BY JIM DEAN It is a common practice to poke fun at scientists who study obscure plant and wildlife species. Just recently, Jack Anderson, in his syn dicated newspaper column, Washington Merry-Go-Round, suggested that projects designed to study Indian whistling ducks and a species of lizard in Yugoslavia were a watte of taxpayers’ money. Perhaps he is right. Perhaps not. At any rate, his attitude is fairly prevalent. I suppose those who are inclined to oppose such studies might also have beer; quick to attack any proposal years ago to study a relatively obscure European wild plant known as foxglove for the same reason. Foxglove is now more widely known as digitalis—a powerful cardiac stimulant and diuretic. It is probably safe to say that many people suffering from heart disease owe their very lives to foxglove. No one knows how many countless plants and creatures inhabiting this earth hold important secrets that would prove useful to mankind. Only through scientific study can we sometimes learn these things—or as a cynic might put it, “hindsight is always 20 20. It is for this reason that a very high priority must be placed on the preservation of all species of plants or animals—from the smallest microscopic critters inhabiting the oceans to the largest roaming the land. Species considered rare or endangered are particularly important. Once a species is lost forever, we may never learn what secret? it might have carried into extinction. In other words, eveything is worth saving for its potential scientific value, if nothing else. Who knows but what some obscure worm or lizard might not hold the key to a cure for some dread diseaae—a cure we may not discover for many, many yeers. in a recent issue of the Marine Technology Society Journal, it was estimated that “fewer than one percent of marine animals have been examined for biologically active compounds that may be useful as drugs.” The potential is virtually unlimited, but only if we do not foolishlessly wipe out our laboratory. The Journal reporta that a powerful toxin, isolated from a segmented worm with a long Latin name, has been developed and is now being marketed as an insecticide for use in controlling rice borers in Japan. This is a fairly typical example, of which there are many. Recently, the National Geographic -magpSg reported the discovery.-of. a species of sole ( a flatfish similar to our flounder* J$lch is the only known fish c^hle of producing a toxin which repels shark attaci. hnii-’r: Mankind has greatly benefited over the years from the scientific study of. fte world’s creatures. The study of the opossum has benefited organ1' transplants. Horse blood r*le; important in the nrodiicftion of tetanus serum. The study of bats has helped us fe'arn about sonar. Exaitfplbs are legion. An understanding of this helps explain why scientists and environmentalists are quick to tight against the loss of a single species—no matter how obscure and useless it might appear. Biologists have lose argued that wildlife has benefits beyond mere aesthetics and recreation. "Man,” they say, “cannot live in a world that cannot support wildlife. An environment too poisonous for wildlife is likewise too poisonous for man, and therefore the health of wildlife populations is an important barometer of the relative health of the environment.” But at least equally Im portant is the fact that many obscure creatures un doubtedly hold the keys to important medical and scientific discoveries— discoveries that may come decades into the future. ' River mussels, salaman ders, woodpeckers, salmon, worms, eagles and all the rest that swim, walk, fly or simply crawl through the much may hold the secret. Who knows which ones? Who can afford to guess? Who among us has 20 20- foresight? TIME TO PLANT Late November and De cember usually are ideal for transplanting large trees, North Carolina State Univiersity extension specialists suggest. 1 he Old 1i/rmt "The world doesn’t owe any body anything ... 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