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Some People Actually Do Not Like Animals - Hard For Me To Understand, But True.

I Became Intensely Aware Of The Being-ness Of Trees. The Feel Of Rough Sun-warmed Bark Of An Ancient Forest Giant, Or The Cool, Smooth Skin Of A Young And Eager Sapling, Gave Me A Strange, Intuitive Sense Of The Sap As It Was Sucked Up By Unseen Roots And Drawn Up To The Very Tips Of The Branches, High Overhead.

In What Terms Should We Think Of These Beings, Nonhuman Yet Possessing So Very Many Human-like Characteristics? How Should We Treat Them? Surely We Should Treat Them With The Same Consideration And Kindness As We Show To Other Humans; And As We Recognize Human Rights, So Too Should We Recognize The Rights Of The Great Apes? Yes.

I Think We're Still In A Muddle With Our Language, Because Once You Get Words And A Spoken Language It Gets Harder To Communicate.

We Are Unique. Chimpanzees Are Unique. Dogs Are Unique. But We Humans Are Just Not As Different As We Used To Think.