one of the things about living around wildlife is that you are always wondering if they have a better deal than humans...what with not having to deal with traffic jams and such as that but they are having to deal with severe climate extremes which they are not going to survive unless humans provide for them...i was remembering the tiny one inch salmon that were in streams in Oregon...they can only survive a 2 degree increase in temperature...then they die so I suppose in a few years all of the wild salmon will be gone from the pacific northwest.... according to what I read the bizarre relationship humans have with clothing will probably do far worse damage to the environment than domestic livestock... global consumers buy 80 billion tons of clothing a year...20% of mass produced clothing does not sell as clothing...20% of water pollution is from clothing manufacturing...24% of all chemicals go into clothing manufacturing...90% of all water sampled has microfibers...2.1 billion tons of clothing is discarded every year...over 700 gallons of water is used to produce a t-shirt...Now I have some doubt about that number...its like the number of gallons of water they said it takes to produce one hamburger patty. If you are not depressed enough by now here is more alarming information....humans share 26 diseases with poultry, 32 with rats, 35 with horses, 42 with swine, 46 with sheep and goats, 50 with bovines, and 65 with dogs...why they failed to mention cats is a mystery...but I know toxoplasmosis is one disease that felines can transmit to humans...and it ain't nothing nice.... so I suppose we should all go around naked and alone to live a longer healthier life! Have a nice day!
"Foolish is he who levels cities, temples, tombs, and the sanctuaries of the dead; as he sows destruction, so later he himself perishes." Euripides "Trojan Women"
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