The savage truth about human beings.

Zootopia, where anyone can be anything, and animal instincts and impulses are a thing of the past. Everyone lives in harmony, until the unthinkable happens. Animals start going savage! Wait… what? Animals going savage? Obviously in our world that’s nothing new, animals like lions, tigers, and bears (Oh my!) are creatures that aren’t exactly friendly, but in the world of Zootopia that’s a different story. In this world, a fox can be a friend with a bunny and it not be weird.

However, what do we, as humans, know about and understand nature? Ralph Waldo Emerson says, “[Man’s] relation to nature, his power over it, is through the understanding; as by manure; the economic use of fire, wind, water, and the mariner's needle; steam, coal, chemical agriculture; the repairs of the human body by the dentist and the surgeon.” I believe he means that our relationship with nature is very different than that of animals. We are not one with nature like animals are, though it is believed by some that we evolved from apes. Yes, we use fire, water, earth, and air to meet our needs like animals do, but when it comes to healing our bodies we use chemicals and equipment, to fuel our cars and heat our homes we use fossil fuels (melted down dead animals and such). I wonder what they used in Zootopia?

Anyway, I think we should take Emerson’s quote into consideration and respect nature more. Try as we might, we still aren’t doing our very best to make sure our environment, which is home to many different creatures, is survivable for future generations of not only humans but animals as well. Animals in our world are nothing like the ones in Zootopia. Yes they are able to survive on their own, but when we meddle in their forests and waters, we’re actually destroying them. Now, I’m not saying we need to go and turn into Grizzly Man like Timothy Treadwell and live with the animals, but we do need to take our actions into account. What will our world become in 40 to 50 years if we don’t start now? The efforts of the few don’t go as far as the efforts of the many.