Perspective

What if all species consider themselves to be dominent--the lions and tigers and bears, the cats and dogs, the birds and bees, the army ants, the microscopic amoebas? Sure, various subspecies have gone extinct every now and then, but that doesn't mean they weren't dominent. Several species of humankind have gone extinct too, and some day, we all will.

Deep Thought

Fiorella thinks it's sweet that there are people out there dedicated to preserving rare species of salamanders, but she's not one of them.  Species live and species die--consider all the long-ago human species that have recently turned up dead.

No, Fiorella is more concerned about people, each individual a species in himself.  She's concerned about how people treat each other and about what they do with their lives before they waltz off to the great beyond. 

God has granted us long lives through the miracle of modern medicine.  Let's be worthy of His mercy.