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[QUOTE="fantasyfacade"]It makes sense. To be honest I always believed us to not be mammals, but more something like a parasite or virus. Mammals adapt to the world around them, while humans hijack the world around them, multiple in great numbers and move on when their is nothing left.BranKetraBirds build nests, gorillas make camps, ants de-leaf entire trees in a night. African bees are taking over Central America.The saying goes that the discovery of fire sparked human civilization. The big difference is we're smarter. Some human societies have lived in relative harmony with the land. Some still do, like the Australian Aborginals and in a different way, feng shei practitioners. China has terraced rice fields. Even though the bad does outweigh the good, it's better than nothing. What I'm trying to say is that in science our behavioral characteristics as a whole are closer to that of a virus then it is to the behavior of a mammal. You have listed off some mammals, but none of them have actually destroyed what they have made their home in. We are smart, therefore we should know better, but we continue to bleed the earth of its natural resources and in the process destroy land. While some of us have learned to coexist, many of us are not willing to give up the things we know harm the environment. The only thing those of us who wish to co-exist can do is to try to change it, but it is a slow process and unfortunately may not be enough.
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