I often wonder while driving around the circle that leads on or off the highway if anyone has every studied the habitat that is found on the inside of the roadway? It seems to be a perfect place to study the plants and animals that are clearly cut off from the rest of the world...similar to what Darwin found in the Galapagos, although admittedly not as extreme. I wonder what a turtle, mouse or other small creature thinks of his "world" which is surrounded by high hills, harsh pavement and huge loud vehicles that speed by waiting to crush anything that gets in its path?
Do any inhabitants make it out and then return to tell the tale of the world on the other side of the road ?
Do the birds tell their flightless friends what's out there ?
Or, are they content and safe in knowing that they are just as protected from invaders coming in as they are trapped in escaping ?
Or, do I just spend too much time on the road ?
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