People are so anthropocentric.
Yes, some of you have begun granting the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to whales and cows and elephants, to cats and dogs and field mice, even to butterflies and bees. They obviously reproduce. Yet when my friends catch sight of the Dust Bunny Refuge I have created under my couch they recoil. As most bigots do, they will not admit directly to their prejudice against non-traditional forms of life. Instead they accuse me of the sin of Bad Housekeeping.