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Are humans in danger of believing they rule the world?

7/5/2015

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PictureJuvenile sturgeon.
Every day, animals assert their presence in our lives, sometimes with tragic results.

In news from Florida, a five-year-old girl was fatally injured in a freak accident after a sturgeon jumped into her family's boat. The fish, which can grow up to eight feet long and has prehistoric hard plates on it's back, landed on the boat on the Suwanee River and thrashed around, wounding the deceased girl's mother and brother as well.

A story like this reminds us that seemingly gentle creatures of the sea can be deadly. In the mid 1960s, my four-year-old daughter bent over the edge of a dolphin pool to reach out to one of the creatures who approached. She jerked her hand back when it bit her. Whoever heard of a dolphin biting? I can only assume the poor creature resented being confined.

And here's an animal story about another area where everyone should feel safe. 

Picturegrasshopper
Infested UK hospitals called in pest control nearly 5,000 times last year to rid wards, canteens and even operating theaters of rats, mice, insects and birds. That's an average of 13 times a day pest experts were asked to deal with problems, which also included ants, cockroaches, fleas, wasps, squirrels, foxes, flies and bed bugs.

Humans might have overpopulated the world, but wild creatures like insects, animals, fish and birds are still around.

Here's an excerpt of a poem I wrote ten years ago:

I love, therefore I am more
Than the flimsy body here
Lists of things that I adore
Neatly on file and so clear.

Loving beauty of nature
The wonder of giant trees
Springing up without nurture
Nutrients supplied with ease.

The pure love of animals
Who forgive and never judge
Their complaints are minimal
Giving consciousness a nudge


We are all part of the balance in nature. Don't forget from whence we came—caveman, living and fighting for survival on the planet filled with danger. Bigger animals would have hunted our ancestors until they learned to outsmart each type. Just how powerful do humans need to be?

You might legally own your property, but who lived there before? Maybe ancestors of the same insects who try to invade your home right now.

Makes you think, doesn't it?


9 Comments
Reema D'souza link
7/4/2015 10:08:35 pm

The balance in nature is so delicate. We must take as much care as possible not to hurt the other living creatures around us.

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Sue Painter link
7/4/2015 10:38:05 pm

I think of this often. I believe we should live collaboratively rather than in a domineering way with other species.

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Amy Bovaird link
7/5/2015 12:16:03 am

Hi Francene,
Wow. I never really thought about it from this angle. I was shocked to hear about the needed help in ridding hospitals of insects / rodents, etc. I have long been against dolphin and other animal incarcerations like that, even zoos because of the lack of space. It seems I am in the minority, though, when I bring it up. Interesting.
Amy

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Salma link
7/5/2015 01:26:03 am

It really does make you think. I agree with Sue in the above comment on living together with animals and keeping them in their natural environment.

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Nick #thisyearinmusic link
7/5/2015 04:45:52 am

Animals should live in the wild, but I do support zoo's (Berlin), rescue centres (Monkey World) and rehabilitation parks (Dao Tien). If animals can't live in their natural habitat due to humans encroaching, then I'm for zoo's as that way the species will survive and one day might be released back into the wild.

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Alana link
7/5/2015 04:55:56 am

Humans have believed, for many years now, that they rule the world. Few of our decisions take the world around us into consideration. On day we are (I believe) going to pay a heavy price for this. The only time we remember about our role in the world, it seems, is when a megabug, or a disease like Ebola, asserts itself. Then, it is sheer panic for as long as it brings listeners to the mass media, then it goes back into hiding. Right now, we are having a lot of media coverage about shark attacks off the East Coast of the US. But, soon enough, we will lose interest in that, too.

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Amar Naik link
7/5/2015 05:12:08 am

the number of people who think about co-existing need to increase before it can make sense to other people on this planet. extinction of so many species is a proof that random urbanization is destroying our planet

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K.Lee Banks link
7/5/2015 08:57:20 am

I read about this tragic story this morning! How sad for that family. I'm sure that was the last thing that poor family ever expected would happen during an anticipated "fun" family outing.

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Laurel Regan link
7/5/2015 09:29:41 am

That is such a sad story - it does make you realize the power of nature.

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