"Sometimes we forget that nature also means us. Termites build mounds; we build cities. All of our being-juices, flesh and spirit-is nature." That is a strong valid statement by Diane Ackerman. As humans we forget that we are animals to, just more advanced. We are part of the natural system just like animals and insects.
Humans as a species are animals to. We may be more advanced but that does not set us completely apart from animals like many people think. We still eat, breath, move, and work to ensure our own survival. Like Diane Ackerman says, "termites build mounds; we build cities" which is a great analogy because many species build a place to live among themselves, ours is just on a larger more complex scale than others. We also like
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We don 't see ourselves as part of nature, we see ourselves as the puppeteer of nature. Pulling the strings from behind the scenes to make nature do what we want. No way we can be part of the same system animals, insects, and plants are part of. We are so much more advanced. In reality though we are part of nature. We may have a larger influence than the average mouse or deer but we are just as much part of the system as them. We are at the top of the food chain, which is a way of showing power positions in nature. We depend on the energy plants can convert from the sun, and the animals that eat such plants just like every other omnivore on the planet. We follow the same natural life cycle just like everything else; birth, grow, age, die. We are no more separate from the system than that ant you see in your garden. For us to think we are in complete control, above the normal system all living things on earth are part of, is to think we don 't depend on the earth and everything that the earth provides. We depend on the system like the system depends on us, just another piece of the large puzzle, hardly more significant than any other