Editing Terry Pratchett (section)

===Natural history===
Pratchett had a fascination with [[natural history]] that he referred to many times, and he owned a greenhouse full of [[carnivorous plant]]s.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 August 2005 |title=BBC profile |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A4643895 |access-date=3 December 2012 |publisher=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref> He described them in the biographical notes on the dust jackets of some of his books, and elsewhere,<ref>Alt.Fan.Pratchett FAQ| http://faqs.cs.uu.nl/na-dir/pratchett/afp-faq.html{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} seen November 2019</ref> as "not as interesting as people think".<ref>{{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |title=The Colour of Magic |date=1990 |publisher=Corgi |author-link=Terry Pratchett}}</ref> By ''Carpe Jugulum'' the account had become that "he used to grow carnivorous plants, but now they've taken over the greenhouse and he avoids going in".<ref>Biographical note, inside rear dustcover flap, ''Carpe Jugulum'' {{ISBN|0-385-40992-3}}</ref>

In 1995, a [[fossil]] of a [[turtle|sea-turtle]] from the [[Eocene]] epoch of New Zealand was named ''[[Psephophorus terrypratchetti]]'' in his honour by the palaeontologist Richard Köhler.<ref name="koehler1995">{{cite journal |author=Köhler, R. |year=1995 |title=A new species of the fossil turtle ''Psephophorus'' (Order Testudines) from the Eocene of the South Island, New Zealand |journal=[[Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand]] |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=371–384 |bibcode=1995JRSNZ..25..371K |doi=10.1080/03014223.1995.9517495}}</ref>

In 2016, Pratchett fans unsuccessfully petitioned the [[International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry]] (IUPAC) to name [[chemical element]] 117, [[placeholder name|temporarily called]] ''ununseptium'', as ''octarine'' with the proposed symbol Oc (pronounced "ook").<ref>{{cite news |last=Saunders |first=Tristram Fane |date=8 January 2016 |title=Terry Pratchett's Discworld colour Octarine could join the periodic table |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/terry-pratchetts-discworld-colour-octarine-could-join-the-period/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/terry-pratchetts-discworld-colour-octarine-could-join-the-period/ |archive-date=11 January 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The final name chosen for element 117 was ''[[tennessine]]'' with the symbol Ts.<ref name="IUPAC-20161130">{{cite news |author=Staff |date=30 November 2016 |title=IUPAC Announces the Names of the Elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 |work=[[IUPAC]] |url=https://iupac.org/iupac-announces-the-names-of-the-elements-113-115-117-and-118/ |access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref>

Pratchett was a trustee for the Orangutan Foundation<ref>{{cite web |date=n.d. |title=DONORS AND SUPPORTERS |url=https://www.orangutan.org.uk/donors-supporters |access-date=3 March 2021 |publisher=Orangutan Foundation UK |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414175030/https://www.orangutan.org.uk/donors-supporters |url-status=dead}}</ref> but was pessimistic about the future of [[orangutan]]s.<ref name="theage" /> His activities included visiting [[Borneo]] with a [[Channel 4]] film crew to make an episode of ''Jungle Quest'' in 1995, seeing orangutans in their natural habitat.<ref>{{cite web |date=n.d. |title=Short Stories: Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/530147 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113080937/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/530147 |archive-date=13 November 2007 |access-date=7 November 2015 |publisher=BFI Film & TV Database}}</ref> Following Pratchett's lead, fan events such as the Discworld Conventions have adopted Orangutan Foundation as their nominated charity, which has been acknowledged by the foundation.<ref>{{cite web |date=9 September 2004 |title=Discworld Convention 2004 |url=http://www.orangutan.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=7 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818183305/http://www.orangutan.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=7 |archive-date=18 August 2007 |access-date=6 June 2007 |publisher=Orangutan Foundation UK}}</ref> One of Pratchett's most popular fictional characters, [[The Librarian (Discworld)|the Librarian]], is a wizard who was transformed into an orangutan in a magical accident and decides to remain in that condition as it is so convenient for his work.