Is the gist of this report: ;-)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL0838074920080708?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
or http://tinyurl.com/6byxyf

I didn't know that 'our' national tree was the oak, either, and most
kids wouldn't need to know what a magpie is, sadly enough. Should we
pester them to become more interested in nature? In my experience they
all still are, if they get half a chance. Even the kids who scream and
run away from anything more icky/vicious than a leaf. <g>


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Bring on the wonder, we got it all wrong
We pushed you down deep in our souls for too long