Alright, so does anyone else...

Alright, so does anyone else ever think of the human race - as a species?

This seriously haunts me, mostly late at night, when I'm trying to sleep. You know, those moments you're left in the dark, drifting in total silence, not surrounded by the hum of everyday life, and are left to only your own thoughts? 

But think about it.

I'm going to sound really pessimistic, and I will admit this perception I have of our own race is rather pessimistic, despite my everyday stride to see the optimism in everything. However this is an entirely different subject, one I cannot seem to find a 'good' side because let's face it, there is no good side.

There had to have been a time when we lived in harmony with the earth. I'm thinking Native Americans, or thousands of years ago. But ever since herds of people came to faraway lands, the 'New Worlds' to colonize them, things changed. We stopped living off the earth. Instead, we took from it. In ridding the Native Americans from their own soil, the Americans nearly wiped the buffalo population from the face of the earth - and why? Not because they needed food to survive, but to hurt the natives, knowing that they depended on the buffalo for their survival. Since then, it seems that as a race, we grew. We researched, we learned more about the world around us, we created cures for deadly diseases and in doing so, saved thousands of human lives. But at the same time, we've constructed technology to also kill each other - the atomic bomb, as one example. 

We're creatures of contradiction. We're ying and yang, dark and light. We love, and we hate. We fight, and we make peace. In all the ways we are harmful, we will strive to help one another, in acts of valiant sacrifces or unspeakable heroism. 

But in retrospect, excluding our perception, we're parasites. We take from the earth without even thinking about it. In order for us to live now, we must conquer in our own ways. But we've taught ourselves not to focus on that, but look at our 'good' qualities. But if you ask many of the species of animals that have gone extinct because of their homes being destroyed by human population, they would certainly disagree. We have unspeakable power, and even now, as we continuously destroy this planet we call home, we're searching for other signs of life, or other planets that can contain life, so that someday, once we deplete this planet's natural resources, we might take from others. It's a little uncanny to think about, but we are parasites. 

And someday, I do believe our advances will become our ultimate downfall.

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But on a cheerful note, enjoy this elephant having fun in the water!