Sad news: baby elephant has died.

[Samw]

Originally Posted by Beverly

Here I segue into a discussion about humans..... If humans are so smart, and if we're at the top of the evolutionary ladder, why are we inadvertantly killing so many other species, and damaging our planet by overpopulation and pollution?

Because our unique intelligence also gives us our unique attribute of greed. This is the answer for many questions on why humans are destroying the planet and ultimately themselves. We have known for a long time that industrialization has damaged our planet. Yet in order to control the destruction, the economies of the countries that do the most harm would probably take a hit. Its not that we aren't smart enough to know that we are doing something wrong. It is just very expensive to do the right thing. I'd love to be using solar and wind power to generate my electricity and be driving a fuel cell car (though it would be better for the planet to ride a bike and wash all of my clothes by hand). That's just 1 example. Another example. How many of us want big houses with lots of land. If everyone of us bought large properties, how much land is left for the animals??