Comments by "Monica Song" (@monicasong427) on "Nature on PBS" channel.

@ If humans are not animals, then what biological kingdom do we belong to?
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@denningmp37 Everything we need comes from the sun and the soil. All minerals originate from the earth. Vitamins are made by plants and fungi. Vitamin D is a sunshine hormone. Vitamin B12 is a bacteria found in the waterways and the soil. Protein is only made by plants. For example, the protein in a lion came from the zebra that drew up from all the plants they ate. It would be wise to eat the source of all essential nutrients from an array of plants and fungi directly.
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@lastEvergreen It is important to understand that toxic GMO crops are planted as feed crops for the gentle non-human animals exploited for our needless consumption. For example, it takes enormous amounts of land, scarce fresh water, and plants to funnel through the bodies of exploited gentle non- human animals vs. Feeding humans directly.
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Zoo's are concentration camps. Raping female animals intentionally to bring more life into existence for one's brief profit. Born in captivity, die in captivity.
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Let's go vegan to show our greatness to them. ^_^
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Why pay others to destroy vital native wildlife that make ancient forests possible, so we can needlessly eat rotting carcasses? Reconsider vegan.
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@eklectiktoni Disease causing animal agriculture creates more greenhouse than the entire world's transportation sector combined. (WHO, 2006) It would be wise to align our actions with the respect we hold for life by eliminating the consumption of disease causing dead animal products.
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@eklectiktoni To add, animal agriculture is the most ecologically destructive industry. The loss of wild areas to animal agriculture is the leading cause of the current mass extinction of vital native wildlife. Considered the most comprehensive analysis between farming and the environment, without meat and dairy consumption, global farm land use could be reduced by 75%. An area equivalent to the U.S., China, EU, and Australia combined---and still feed the world. (Source: Oxford University, 2018- Reducing foods environmental impacts through producers & consumers)
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@eklectiktoni It was never stated as a magic bullet. However, it would be wise to tackle the root cause of ecological destruction: animal agriculture. We all have to eat, but we certainly do not have to consume the bodies of fellow animals and their bodily secretions.
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Let's be more simple by eating the source of all essential nutrients from plants and fungi. Thereby, showing respect toward fellow animals.
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@Xanthate1845 The exploitation of non-human animals is the most ecologically destructive. Animal agriculture creates more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire world's transportation sector combined. It is humbling that the elimination of animal products is the most effective, cheapest, healthful, and compassionate way for an ecologically sustainable environment for all.
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Let's try to eliminate dead animal products. Disease ridden animal agriculture is the most destructive industry to all native biodiversity. Let's eat the source of all essential nutrients from plants and fungi and show respect toward fellow animals.
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@Kaikaifilu1994 Legislations are only effective when enforced. Human hunters are notorious for clearing lands to make way for such destructive activities. Vital native carnivores actively seek weak, injured, and sick individuals. Thereby, increasing the health of the species gene pool they prey upon. Human hunters needlessly target the largest, strongest, and most robust individuals only to weaken the gene pool leading the species to extinction.
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Toxic pesticides such as herbicide fertilizer and other pesticides have been found in all areas of the earth. As pesticides carpet the soil leaching to waterways and volatile into the atmosphere, it harms everyone downstream. Especially vital wildlife. #1 Source of toxic pesticides is by eating the dead bodies of these gentle animals---the body of an animal stores the highest concentration of all toxins and pollutants.
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@JesusisKing134 Is it surprising that the information shared hardly makes a dent in reconsidering one's choices to be respectful toward non-human beings? Especially when we ridicule, demean, and shut down any conversation and action showing consideration toward fellow animals. If altruistic motives are not enough, here is one for oneself. In the U.S., heart disease is our #1 killer. American cardiologists Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn reversed heart disease without any drugs and surgery. This was only possible by fully eliminating all animal products.
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Let's do our part by eliminating dead animal products.
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Anyone cruelly condoning the killing of marine animals by continuously and unnecessarily eating their rotting carcasses---cannot respect the ocean.
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Our own forks & knives are directly causing extinction of vital native biodiversity. Rethink vegan by eating roasted chunky vegetable 5 bean chili vs. Rotting bodies of animals chili.
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Humans breeding other animals always leads to disease.
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@crowwithaknife1312 The exploitation of non-human animals is capitalism. It is important to understand that many harmful acts have been carried out for thousands of years. For example, slavery. However, tradition is not a reasonable justification to continue harmful acts. Humans have been clearing land and mining the earth beyond thousands of years to bioaccumulate air polluting greenhouse gas emissions.
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@crowwithaknife1312 Everything we need comes from the sun and the soil. All minerals come from the soil. Vitamins are made by plants and fungi. Vitamin D is a sunshine hormone. Vitamin B12 is a bacteria found in waterways and the soil. Protein & omega-3s are only made by plants such as plant algae and flax seeds. All while, our needless desire to consume rotting flesh, mother cow/goat lactation breast milk for her baby turned cheese products, and period eggs of female birds is the most ecologically destructive act.
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@carrow2250 As a start, nothing is mine. As an individual, living humbly is worthy. And go to neighbors that are struggling and see if I may be of help.
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The greatest hypocrisy of our kind is to claim to respect nature and all the inhabitants that make nature possible. Yet, when asked to consider the unnecessary harms brought on by our demand to eat fellow animal bodies and their bodily secretions—how dare we eat bean burritos vs. rotting bird carcasses burritos?
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Every time we needlessly eat the carcass of another animal, we are paying others to rape more lives into existence. Thereby, the main cause of pushing vital native wildlife into extinction. Always remember, everything we need comes plants and fungi. Eating rotting flesh is only recycling plant nutrients.
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@Indy Reno It was never stated on my end that all small mammals are rodents or that shrews are rodents.
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Human fishing is the most ecologically destructive to all life. No fish makes Omega-3's. Eat the source from plant algae and flax seeds.
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Respect starts by aligning our actions. The greatest threat to vital marine life is animal products. To show our respect, try eating hummus based sandwiches vs. period eggs of female birds based mayo.
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@eklectiktoni The #1 use of harmful fossil fuels is animal agriculture. Disease ridden animal agriculture is the #1 cause of deforestation of vital lands. (NASA) Our absolute unnecessary consumption of rotting carcasses, mother cow/ goat lactation breast milk for her baby turned cheese products is the most ecologically destructive act.
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@eklectiktoni The greatest ecological destructive act is disease ridden animal agriculture.
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Reconsider the consumption of dead marine animals. Marine animals have the highest concentration of heavy metals. Toxic heavy metals clog the arteries to the brain, causing alzheimers disease in humans.
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For all our distant sisters and brothers, let's eat more array of healthful beans, fruits, whole grains, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs and spices, and fungi. The more one gets away from eating decaying carcasses, lactation breast milk of another mother species, and period eggs of birds---we make the most impactful contribution to the environment. Which, of course, only benefits us as well.
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