Sunday, January 24, 2010
A Chance to Save Ourselves
The case of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker is both one of hope and of despair. Considering its aesthetic qualities is enough to make one sympathize with the bird. Its impressive three-foot wingspan and beautiful markings must be quite a sight. To quote a cliche, "you don't know what you've got till it's gone." The loss Ivory Billed Woodpecker has been reconsidered, and perhaps this time around, we will be mindful of its vulnerability. It is a reminder that nature can and ill fight back. Nature does have resilience. We must appreciate this strength and respect its weakness. By continuing to destroy habitats around the world, many people do not realize that we are actually destroying our own habitat. Humans often forget that they are animals as well, and at a certain point, this destruction is going to spell our demise as well. Weather this woodpecker is still alive or not, it is a metaphor for the fact that there is still a chance to save nature and it is imperative we take advantage of this closing window of opportunity to save it.
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I agree with you completely. People tend to forget they are destroying their own habitat. We cannot exist alone. Earth needs other species and we have possibly been given a second chance to recover and save what we thought to have once destroyed. We need not to make the same mistake but take advantage of this opportunity.
ReplyDeleteI also whole-heartedly agree with both of you. We as human beings have caused so much destruction throughout history, in particularly these last 50 years. Now maybe it is part of human nature but that I have to say I do not exactly agree with. But we have a duty to help make a positive difference in the world around us and maybe the Ivory- Billed Woodpecker case is a perfect jumping off point to make change, just hopefully not negative.
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