A checkered garter snake gave birth to three baby snakes in the ginger belt at the edge of the rain forest. And lizards hid lots of baby lizards under the rocks in the desert. But all the bumblebees died. And so did the hummingbirds, all four of them. Linda Leigh, who was Bio2's in-house biologist, wondered ruefully whether, if she had let them out earlier, they could have discovered a warm corner on their own.
Humans make such remorseful gods.
Furthermore, fate is always ironic. Three uninvited English sparrows who snuck into the structure before closure thrived merrily. Leigh complained that the sparrows were brash and noisy, even vulgar in their pushiness, while the finches were elegant, peaceful, and melodious singers. Keep the sparrows and forget about the finches. The problem was not just sparrows.