For the animal shall not be measured by man.
In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete,
gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear.
They are not brethren, they are not underlings;
they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time,
fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth. - Henry Beston
I know I already posted this quote in Fauna but thought Open Talk more appropriate - I don't think many read Fauna either. And what's wrong with a little cross posting every now and then anyway...