If birds should vanish, it would probably happen because of an even more critical loss, more primitive perhaps, in the complex web of life . We must keep ourselves alert. As distasteful as their abundance might seem, and as incredible as the fragility of each individual life, the process is what gives our Earth its beauty, richness and health. It would be foolish to fight nature's slaughter, to drive a wedge into the grinding mill of birth and death. And there is strange comfort in a pool of tadpoles.
Understanding is always a key to responding properly.
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