I learned a new word today: Charismatic Megafauna. A ranger in wildest Alaska applied this word to the bears that have magnetized travellers everywhere.
Charismatic megafauna include giant pandas, African bush elephants and Great White Sharks. In protecting these awesome creatures, smaller endangered species in their eco-systems are also saved.
The word captures my imagination. It also conjures up half-mystical megafauna, like the mammoth or giant squid.
My favourite megafauna is the lion, with its majesty, mystery and Narnia aura.
I love the imagery and vibrant Edenic promise of Isaiah 11:6: The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
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