Animal krAkDz

wen V R runiN a brIdiN sentD f sum sevan P Et hundrad v H wxld'z mOst Tretand spIsiz (in an indevD t help Hem avqd ikstiNkSan) wun v H mOst iritEtiN n frIkwant kwescanz yskt v V bF H pIpal V SO arQnd iz 'wot Vs R HE?' wot His kwescan rWli mInz iz: wot Vs iz H Animal t mAnkFnd in JenDal n t Hem in pDtikjUlD? H implikESan iz HAt wun hAz t bFt wun'z tuN n rifrEn from yskiN 'wot Vs R H /rembrAnts P /pikAsOz, wot Vs R H /piramidz P H /akropalis?' - wic F wuns hxd diskrFbd saksiNktli bF an /amerikan tUDist Az 'Just a pFl v Old stOnz'.

wun lEdi F tYkt w sed, w grEt vWmans, HAt SI wUd ryHD sI Yl Animal lFf bikum ikstiNkt HAn riliNkwiS wun /rembrAnt. wen F pqntid Qt HAt if Yl Animal lFf bikEm ikstiNkt SI wUd not bI arQnd t aprISiEt H /rembrAnt SI akVzd mI v splitiN hXz.

let us simpli tEk H kwescan At fEs vAlV. wot Vs R HIz krIcDz t us? hQ kAn H disapCans v a hPnbil in /Afrika afekt H biznisman in /honalMlM; HAt v a pArat in /pwxtO /rIkO a pedlD in /pIkiN; HAt v a lFan in /Afrika a lAndskEp gRdnD in /lAnd'z /end? H strEt n simpal ynsD t His iz, v kPs, wI dOnt nO. hQevD, it wUd sIm t bI a wFz TiN t fFnd Qt bifP wI ikstxminEt H spIsiz, bI it a plynt P an Animal. it iz not bijond H bQndz v probabiliti HAt H riAkSanz v H fxst mAn t bI stuN bF a huni bI woz t ysk: 'wot Vs iz it?' it iz fPcUnat f HOz v us hM lFk huni HAt hI went on t fFnd Qt.

IkaloJikali H wxld iz suc an intrikat mekanizam HAt it mEks Ivan H mOst komplikEtid kompVtD sIm ryHD lFk a cIp alRm klok. it iz a pIs v mekanizam on wic wI Yl dipend f QD igzistans, n jet wI R trItiN it w suc stVpid farositi HAt wun wUd TiNk it woz an emami, not a frend. QD skEl v distrukSan nQ iz suc HAt wI R ikstxminEtiN sum TiNz Ivan bifP HE hAv bIn klCli FdentifFd, sFantifikali diskrFbd n nEmd.

rimembD HAt wen wI distrq a siNgal spIsiz it kriEts H ifekt v a pebal in a pMl; sO fel a trI n V R distrqiN H hOst v spIsiz HAt igzist in it, on it, arQnd P bikoz v it. distrq a forist, a gryslAnd, P Ivan, in sum kEsiz, a dezDt, n V R distrqiN a gAlaksi v krIcDz. kontinV t dM His, Az wI R dMiN, n V wil end up bF kiliN jPself. wI Ylredi nO H delikasi v H IkaloJikal bAlans n hQ Isili it kAn bI upset. wI Ylredi nO H vulnDabiliti v H vXias spIsiz HAt R v Vs t us. His noliJ alOn SUd bI inuf t holt QD /gAdDIn sliHD tUwPdz distrukSan; but unfPcUnatli it duz not sIm t bI sO.

let us tEk a brIf lUk At QD prafligasi. HX R estimEtid t bI sum 200,000 spIsiz v plynt, v HIz aproksimatli 20,000 R in dEnJD v ikstiNkSan. an impPtant grMp v drugz, H Alkalqdz, R dirFvd from sxtan plynts. Onli tM px sent v H 200,000 plynts hAv bIn skrInd f His drug, but Ivan His hAz pradVst 1,000 difDant kFndz. sum mFt Ivan prMv VsfUl in kAnsD, uHDz R Vzd t trIt lMkImia n kRdiAk trubalz. n jet wI R copiN dQn H tropikal forist in wic HIz plynts igzist sO rApidli HAt HX probabli wil not bI eni left bF H end v H sencDi.

His afekts, nAcDali, H milianz v krIcDz HAt liv in H forist, from bxdz t butDflFz, from Eps to AligEtDz. patenSali Yl HIz liviN TiNz R v Vs t mAn. lIviN asFd H benafits HAt mAnkFnd hAz dirFvd from H lesD prFmEts, from cimpAnzIz t mRmazets, let us tEk sumTiN mP abskjUD in H wE v krIcDz. H RmadilOz, humbal bIsts, hAv, until rIsantli, apCd t hAv Onli wun vxcM: HE R edibal. nQ it iz fQnd HAt, bikoz v HX matAbalizam, pradVsiN a lO bodi tempDacD, HE R H Onli Animal in wic H leprasi basilas fluriSiz. His mE pradVs a vAksIn agenst leprasi n it iz TYt HAt a studi v leprasi mE TrO lFt on sxtan Aspekts v kAnsD. if an RmadilO hAz suc hidan patenSan, wot v Yl H uHD krIcDz HAt TroN H wxld?

pxsanali, F Am tFDd v konstantli hAviN t JustifF konsDvESan v plynts n Animalz on H grQndz HAt it iz v Vs t mAnkFnd. it SUd bI obvias HAt wI hAv nO rFt t ikstxminEt QD felO krIcDz (n F dOnt mIn Onli /hOmO /sEpianz), rigRdlas v weHD HE R v dFrekt benafit t us P not. HE hAv Az muc rFt t igzist Az wI hAv n, if wun iz JuJiN simpli bF bihEdiD, mP rFt in mOst kEsiz, sins HE R kontent t inhAbit H nIS kriEtid f Hem bF nEcD n not step QtsFd it n strFd abQt H wxld in H gFz v /god.

Old mystDz n bildiNz, bIiN mAn-mEd, kUd konsIvabli bI rI-kriEtid. wF SUd wI spend sO muc, kompAritivli spIkiN, on mAn-mEd obJekts n sO lital on TiNz wic wI, f Yl QD brilians, kAnot rI-kriEt: H uHD Animalz HAt inhAbit H plAnit w us.

it givz mI a fIliN v sAtisfAkSan t nO HAt HX W tOdz w pokits in HX bAks f kAriiN HX juN, humiN bxdz hovDiN lFk Opalz in H sun, wElz siNiN mPnfUl kontrAltO soNz binIT H sI, snEks HAt flF, fiS HAt lFt up lFk H /blAkpMl ilMminESanz, bxdz HAt bild Rt gAlDiz f HX wFvz. F hOp HAt HE R Yl alQd t kontinV t igzist, t incynt n fAsinEt fVcD JenDESanz Az HE hAv fAsinEtid n incyntid mI. n F hOp, bF Hen, HAt mF Aragant spIsiz wil hAv lxnt not t ysk 'wot Vs iz it?'

/Jerald /dural

(trAnzlitDEtid bF /hV /bxkanhed, 1999)