| I for one wouldn't have wanted to be around in the days before humans. Life was violent, fast, prolific and profuse, and terrible. Paleantologists tell us that the growth rate of a huge dinosaur was such that it grew from a hatchling to the size of a three story tall leviathon in just three years. And I remember growng pains when I was young! I wouldn't want to get in the way of one of those. Most plant life of that era is now extinct, but it was rubbery and thorny, tough like those critters. Not at all a pleasant scene overall, not to mention the stench. I guess to some it could be considered beautiful in its own right. Not me.
I guess that with human intervention we can create a paradise out of this mess we're stuck with now, but it won't happen overnight. Still, parts of America are truly beautiful, as well all over the northern hemisphere, with vast swaths of pristeen and untouched land spread out over the glorious landscape of eastern Russia for example. You have only to look at the National Geographic's satellite image of the world to appreciate that. They sent me one for free.
__________________  "There is nothing permanent except change" |