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I think that your commentary is authentic and engaging for your audience reading your website. A lot of people might not know reading your blog what mimicry is but I love your introduction page helping the audience understand the purpose as well as how it is involved in conservation. I think your pictures are very interesting and appealing but could be added to other categories you have on your blog. I think that the black backdrop with your background picture clash in a way when viewing one of your pages so I think if you play around with more text colors and checking for spelling (such as “overview”) will improve your website drastically. With a bit more researching and adding a more information about mimicry in conservation will make your website even greater!
ReplyDeleteYour website is well-made and simple to follow. It's also engaging and has lots of great pictures (I wish there was more to read!). There are only 2 things I want to address: there are grammar and spelling issues which are easily fixed, but I'd also like to see you specify which sources you used for what facts (just to make it easy and accessible). Other than that, this site is great and inspiring!
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