Sea turtles, crocodiles, sharks, manatees, frogs, lizards. These are among the many ancient creatures that we share our planet with. These animals survived whatever ultimately killed the dinosaur. They've survived global ice ages and global warmings (the kind brought on by nature and shifts in the earth's orbit). They've survived super volcanoes and tsunamis and yet now all of these great creatures are endangered.
The reason? One species, a relatively young species, has decided that it's life is more valuable than all of these ancient creatures. One species has decided that it's convenience is more important than the health of our planet. One species gets to make decisions that impact countless species all over the world and what of all those species? Well, we have dominion over them, isn't that what God said?
In the ongoing saga of the oil spill, the LA times has an excellent article about the ancient tradition of the female sea turtle who slowly makes her way to the Gulf every year to breed. The oil spill is only the most recent calamity to befall this ancient creature. Beach lights, waste, dwindling habitats are all leading to the endangerment of this gentle animal.
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