A little more

I find it slightly ironic, if not upsetting that we (humans in general) can discover a fish that is said to be up to 157 years old and instead of preserving the creature and respecting her right to live on, we kill her and disect her body to learn more about her.  (I say her because she was full of embryos when they cut her open) I have so much respect for anything in the wild that manages to survive to an average lifespan, let alone something that far outlives most humans and then to kill that animal?  I just don't understand that.  Why not let her live out her life in an aquarium where she is safe and then we she dies you can take apart her insides.  Or the colossal squid that was said to be one of the biggest ever caught.  What'd we do to that poor animal?  Killed it and then took pictures of our "find."  I think we need science and all that it brings us but I also think that we should respect the earth and the beings that were here before humans ever entered the picture.  We ravage the earth with our roads, cars, and technology.  What are we giving back?  We take take take and no one seems to think twice about it.  I'll admit, I drive more than I should just because I get sick of sitting at home but I also recycle every damn thing that comes through my house.  If it CAN be recycled, then it is.  This summer I will start a compost in my backyard just so that's one less thing that goes into the garbage.  People throw their crap out the windows of their cars just because they can't seem to wait till they get home to put it in their garbage can.  They don't think, well now I wonder what happens to that and who ends up cleaning it up after I carelessly toss it out into the world.  Why can't we all do a little more?

Tags: 157 year old fish, colossal squid, earth, recycle