Windston and Winifred, an old turtle couple living in this world for over 700 years said...
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..on an island located deep
within the Pacific Ocean.
In all that time, we have come across
many human beings.
They have stolen and have murdered
and destroyed everything
many, many times.
And we let it happen.
And because of this,
we have lost everything.
Our beloved home is sadly no more.
Where once were blooming flowers
of all colours is now dry and arid
Where once the very air vibrated
with the twittering of thousands of kinds of birds
is now only silence.
Where once seals and the beasts
of the ocean bobbed in the waves,
all life is now at an end.
Galápagos, our wondrous home,
is now little more than a wretched,
black, dark and oily mass.
The entire world is nothing more
than a black, dark and oily mass.
Except for this place here. (Savanna)
But if you do nothing to stop it,
this place too will become
no more than a blackened stain.
For man is a thief
who comes in the night
and takes what he wants from the land.
He is like a snake
who eats his own tail to survive.
But the Earth does not belong to Man.
He's only a tiny part of it.
Man did not weave the fabric of life.
He's but a thread within it,
for we all share the same breath.
The rising mists
of the lush green forests,
the refreshment of the rocky mountain breezes,
the perfumed scent of the wind
after a cooling shower of rain
the plants, man and we, the animals.
What man doesn't realize is
what he does to the land
the ultimately does to himself,
and when the land is finally destroyed
and the animals are either driven out or killed
Man will rule over the earth alone.
Then, lost and forlorn, he too
will be wiped from the face of the Earth.
But what is a cold comfort to us now,
for everyone of you will perish
if you don't defend yourselves
against humanity.

Winston and Winifred