What's Missing from the Emoji Animal Kingdom?
Briefly

The emoji tree of life is lopsided: It entirely lacks a few big branches, such as flatworms and echinoderms (the group that includes starfish), and heavily favors vertebrate animals over all other groups of life-forms.
Any tool, including emojis, that improves understanding and connection is fundamental. It's easy to dismiss emoji biodiversity as trivialespecially when we're in an IRL biodiversity crisis.
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