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Not enough people have given consideration to the possibility that their grandchildren could grow up with the perspective that birds are fairytale creatures. We have people alive today with that perspective for fireflies, so it's a scary thought.
Wait what happened to fireflies? I just saw some outside my house.
Although, I will admit when I think back to my childhood I remember there being lots more of them at night in the summer
They're fine for now, though we're making things tough for them:
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/2/157/5715071
Their population has been dwindling to such an extent I've encountered people that have never seen them before and assumed they weren't real. You must live somewhere nice if you get to see lots of them!