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it’s earth day! I know social distancing is making us all go a little batty! We know what it’s doing for human life and that is deeply important BUT let us take a look at all that decreasing our impact is doing for our non-human friends this morning 
Fewer animals getting hit by cars!
More surviving marine life! https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/International/social-distancing-impact-park-marine-life/story%3fid=70245016
More surviving marine life! https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/International/social-distancing-impact-park-marine-life/story%3fid=70245016
Buddies happily exploring and lounging in places that they’re usually much too fearful to enter! Look at all that habitat expansion https://www.rd.com/culture/wild-animals-during-quarantine/
Increased regulations on the consumption of wildlife! A DECREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR ILLEGALLY HARVESTED ANIMALS https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2020/04/16/the-energy-202-human-quarantines-are-helping-wild-animals-conservationists-want-more-protections/5e9748c488e0fa101a763a8a/
Clear populated waterways! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/03/18/photos-water-in-venice-italys-canals-clear-amid-covid-19-lockdown.html
Clearer air! Less pollution!
This is in reference to China; fingers crossed this is happening everywhere https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/02/nasa-images-chinas-air-pollution-decreased-amid-coronavirus-measures.html
This is in reference to China; fingers crossed this is happening everywhere https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/02/nasa-images-chinas-air-pollution-decreased-amid-coronavirus-measures.html
This is a Very hard time for people.
But may be one of the rest of nature’s most relaxing Earth Days in a long time.
A good thing to find joy in.
But may be one of the rest of nature’s most relaxing Earth Days in a long time.
A good thing to find joy in.
And a perspective to keep in mind. I hope we will all do what we can to facilitate these things in a reasonable way, more than we HAVE been doing, for other species, when the world opens for our species again.
