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“Giraffes Were Just Added to List Of Animals Facing Extinction” read a headline.
“Giraffes? Those black and white striped animals? Oh, those are zebras? OK, got it, the ones with that long neck. The tallest animals in the world, right? So, if giraffes go extinct, which animal will be considered the tallest? Would this mean that our textbooks will all have to be rewritten? What a lot of effort and what a waste of existing textbooks!”
“Giraffes? Remember seeing a live giraffe in a zoo once. So now, zoos won’t have them?”
“Hmmm.... How do you pronounce the word? Giraf? Girafee? I always get confused.”
“That would mean I can’t use a giraffe picture for my WhatsApp dp!”
“Sad. But what can we do about it? We are not the government.”
“Giraffes? Extinct? That means, there’ll be a movie made with them, something like Jurassic Park, maybe.”
“Facing extinction? What does it mean? That these animals will all die? But then, everyone has to die some day.”
“... (someone is typing a message)”
“...”
Silence.
What does the extinction of mammals like the giraffe mean to urban life? On a superficial note, it wouldn’t mean anything at all. But an intense probe will reveal to us the imbalance caused to the ecosystem.
The wiping out of the higher order animals results in an insurgence of the lowest of creatures - parasitic insects and pests. This in turn brings about destruction of vegetation thereby affecting our food sources.
All life on this planet depends on the food chain and an imbalance to that triggers far-reaching ripples of devastation. Our planet is already facing a grave situation and it cannot be brushed under the carpet any more.
But all is not lost. Our planet can still be saved. By us. Now.
How about, to begin with, we don’t waste food?
Vidya Shankar
Published in The Gulf Today / Short Take, dt Feb 16, 2019
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/6c5283eb-d7ee-4d67-b1b2-9052904f1ae9.aspx
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“Giraffes? Those black and white striped animals? Oh, those are zebras? OK, got it, the ones with that long neck. The tallest animals in the world, right? So, if giraffes go extinct, which animal will be considered the tallest? Would this mean that our textbooks will all have to be rewritten? What a lot of effort and what a waste of existing textbooks!”
“Giraffes? Remember seeing a live giraffe in a zoo once. So now, zoos won’t have them?”
“Hmmm.... How do you pronounce the word? Giraf? Girafee? I always get confused.”
“That would mean I can’t use a giraffe picture for my WhatsApp dp!”
“Sad. But what can we do about it? We are not the government.”
“Giraffes? Extinct? That means, there’ll be a movie made with them, something like Jurassic Park, maybe.”
“Facing extinction? What does it mean? That these animals will all die? But then, everyone has to die some day.”
“... (someone is typing a message)”
“...”
Silence.
What does the extinction of mammals like the giraffe mean to urban life? On a superficial note, it wouldn’t mean anything at all. But an intense probe will reveal to us the imbalance caused to the ecosystem.
The wiping out of the higher order animals results in an insurgence of the lowest of creatures - parasitic insects and pests. This in turn brings about destruction of vegetation thereby affecting our food sources.
All life on this planet depends on the food chain and an imbalance to that triggers far-reaching ripples of devastation. Our planet is already facing a grave situation and it cannot be brushed under the carpet any more.
But all is not lost. Our planet can still be saved. By us. Now.
How about, to begin with, we don’t waste food?
Vidya Shankar
Published in The Gulf Today / Short Take, dt Feb 16, 2019
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/6c5283eb-d7ee-4d67-b1b2-9052904f1ae9.aspx
#TheQuintessentialWord #TheFlautistofBrindaranyam
Here's my first book! An ensemble of poetry and photographs.
Click the link below to watch a 30-second promo video.
https://youtu.be/5BhbjMaIwpk
You can buy it at this link:
https://notionpress.com/read/the-flautist-of-brindaranyam
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