Daily writing prompt
What’s something most people don’t understand?
Most people don’t understand how important it is that we keep our Earth safe and clean. We use her and abuse her daily with all of our stuff and meaningless junk. We strip her of her trees to fill in with houses that are so overpriced, no one ever buys them. Businesses that get built, but are too pricey so they sit on wonderful land, land that could home a numerous amount of creatures and critters, just sits there. Waiting. collecting dust. And for what?
Our oceans are being plucked bare by commercial fishermen. Which in turn is killing off the vital creatures we need in the ocean. Larger prey type creatures are being killed and/or their babies being stripped from them because they pose a threat to fishermen. They are the competition, so they must eliminate them. And since we are human and they are animals, they just kill them. And sell them off like they are nothing. Without even realizing the damage they are doing to the ocean. It’s all a chain reaction. Fishermen steal the fish, which is food for larger animals in the ocean. Larger animals get mixed up with fishermen and lose their lives for trying to catch a meal that is solely there for them. With less and less larger fish and sharks and dolphins in the water, the corals and sea plants are not protected from the suns rays so they start to die off and bleach out. Killing innocent ANIMALS (yes, corals are animals and ALIVE) and knocking out a whole ecosystem in that area. The ocean has more areas that we have little knowledge about yet we continue to destroy her and steal from her daily. Commercial fishermen are taking from her so fast that she doesnt have time to replenish. Species are slowly dying off for your overpriced “dolphin safe” “fresh” seafood meal. A meal that many animals lost their life for and was also caught last season for it to be so fresh. A lot of people don’t know that we get more oxygen from our oceans than we do trees. A large percentage of the worlds oxygen comes from corals. The same corals that are bleaching and dying out.
We are learning about things more now than we ever have. Did you know that we really didn’t know that much about domestic cats until the early 2000s? And even then they just recently learned why cats purr and meow and that they have flewible spines with like a grvaity clock and that’s why they always land on their feet. I mean up until a few years ago people just started to realize that dogs and cats ARE self aware. Before that, everyone believed they weren’t, and that they didn’t have feelings and emotions. They also just recently discovered that dogs do see in color. But each breed sees different colors, and since breeds are all over the place these days with designer dogs, it really depends on the dog on which colors they can and cannot see. With the few things I’ve read on that, I would gather that very voal dogs can see more if not all colors, like we can. Huskies are one of the dogs at the top that can see almost all colors. they are extremely vocal dogs, also. What do you think?
A lot of people don’t understand how plants and trees can feel. But they can. We have learned that plants respond to music, touch, voices, and so much more. Trees are not only majestic and shade providers, they are a network between each other. For example, the forest or group of trees closest to your house are all connected. If you could see through the layers of the ground you would see that all the roots of each tree are stretched out and holding onto to each other. They send pulses through their roots to talk, help, or warn each other. But it doesn’t stop there! Trees have a special toxin that is released into the air to warn other trees further away that there might be danger near. Isn’t that amazing? Trees will warn each other about pesky bugs or a human with an axe. They look out for each other. And I think that’s absolutely beautiful.
I think that people don’t understand most things because they simply don’t want to. Asking questions and researching certain things is not that hard and the most effective way to learn. But some people don’t actually care enough. They put on a show about how you should “be healthy, be happy, don’t judge, save the Earth, recycle…” but never actually follow through with that stuff. Just want to preach it to others.
My husband and I have big dreams when it comes to nature and wildlife. We want to jump in and help save the planet as much as we can. My husband is currenting going to school for marine biology. He has had an obsession with the ocean for as long as he can remember and being a marine biologist has been his dream since he was a boy. He’s finally been able to start that journey and I’m so proud of him because he is killing it at school. Amazing grades! You go, baby!
I have always had a sweet connection with animals. I have loved animals since I was a baby. My birthday cakes were always animal theme (mostly horses I believe, lol), I had stuffed animals instead of Barbies, and I spent my childhood outisde digging in dirt and talking to critters I found. I’ve had many, many pets over the years, but I’ve never had the privelige of working with animals in a professional setting. And the problem with that is that most places require experience for those jobs. but if you can’t get a job without the experience, how am I supposed to get the experience for the job in the first place? School. Once my husband is a little closer to graduation or I feel I have the time to add school to my plate (maybe when our youngest is just a little bit older. It’s difficult with two children on the spectrum in the home to get anything done) I will. I’ve went back and forth and back and forth on what I’ll go for. I know for a fact I want it to be something with animals. But theres so many to choose from. But I think I will go for wildlife conservation. Get a broad start so that way maybe I can really see what my favorite field would be. I do want to do a couple photography classes, but to go along with my conservation degree. The problem is I want to know about every single living creature on the Earth and in the oceans and I want to know all the “fun fact” things and just everything about each and every one. Is that so bad? LOL.
Thank you all if you’ve read all of this. I got a little off topic, but my answer to the question just gets me going and ranting.
What’s your feelings on these issues, do you feel the same as me?
What do you think most people don’t understand?
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