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Members:

09/07/21

Members have watched the documentary.

The group discussed the thread's execution.

09/08/21

A collaborative padlet was created.

Link: #HouseReptiles / Scan the QR CODE ABOVE

The group is deciding what animal they will use in their perspective thread according to their house.

Template for each member's thread is currently on-going.

09/09/21

Started the analysis individually.

09/10/21

Deadline of the analysis in the group's padlet.

09/12/21

The leader collated all the member's analysis.

PPT Presentation for the thread analysis was made

Collated analysis of #HouseReptiles can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wUxfIkfBppjynwbFo-vd_gAod_j7SNT9?usp=sharing

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Individual Contributions:

Arapo, Adrian Joshua F

╰┈➤ Moderator of the group's padlet.
╰┈➤ Complied to the deadline of the analysis and reflection from the documentary.

Cabidog, Queenie P.

╰┈➤ Creator of the group's padlet where the thread can be perceived.
╰┈➤ Designed and conceptualized the group's padlet.
╰┈➤ Complied to the deadline of the analysis and reflection from the documentary.
╰┈➤ Collated the analysis of the members.
╰┈➤ Made the powerpoint presentation.

De Belen, Christine
╰┈➤ Moderator of the thread.
╰┈➤ Complied to the deadline of the analysis and reflection from the documentary.

Go, John Lawrence
╰┈➤ Distributed the tasks to each member.
╰┈➤ Complied to the deadline of the analysis and reflection from the documentary.

Malong, Gwyn Kyla
╰┈➤ Moderator of the thread.
╰┈➤ Provided an analysis and reflection from the documentary.

Rana, Marielle
╰┈➤ Provided the designation of animals (reptiles) to each member.
╰┈➤ Complied to the deadline of the analysis and reflection from the documentary.

Tan, Charles Adi D.
╰┈➤ Provided the link of the full film.
╰┈➤ Created the template for the thread.
╰┈➤ Complied to the deadline of the analysis and reflection from the documentary.

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                                         Habitat before the Pandemic

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                                         Habitat before the Pandemic

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Turtles in general spend most of their lives in water.  They only leave the waters in order to lay their eggs in a sandy terrain. Female Loggerhead Turtles in Florida, USA (featured turtle in “The Year Earth Changed) tend to visit beaches every two to three years in order to lay their eggs. However, they are reluctant to do so partly because of the presence of humans and their disruption on the potential nesting ground of the turtle’s eggs.

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Due to the restriction of human activity caused by the ongoing pandemic, beaches where the said turtles lay their eggs sit undisturbed, making their reproduction more viable and easier.

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Behavior and Characteristics before the Pandemic

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Behavior and Characteristics before the Pandemic

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Humans see the beach as a place for rest and relaxation whereas turtles, treat the very same beach as a potential location for reproduction.

The recklessness of humans in their activities tends to have direct effects on the turtle and its eggs.  One example is the nesting ground of the turtles being stepped upon by humans. Naturally, this decreases the chance of successful incubation and will most likely kill some of the turtle's offspring.

Because of this, the turtles tend to become reluctant in laying their eggs undoubtedly caused by human presence.

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Behavior and Characteristics during the Pandemic

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Behavior and Characteristics during the Pandemic

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Turtle tracks which lead to a nest of eggs steadily increased in presence and number. This means that, now that disturbances to the nesting ground which are normally caused by human activity are gone, the number of turtles laying their eggs on the beach are steadily increasing.

Nesting success rates also increased to 61% from the previous 40% success rate which was recorded over the last ten years.

This proves that animals are capable of looking after themselves. That it is us humans and our recent activities that destroy the balance present in nature. It is like what Dr. Justin Perrault said:

"These animals were able to do what they've been doing for millions of years more successfully than when we have a human presence"

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What can we learn to secure the future of the natural world and our own?

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What can we learn to secure the future of the natural world and our own?

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A lot has improved in the Earth's natural ecosystem since the pandemic began. Polluted skies cleared up, animals such as the Loggerhead Turtle were able to reproduce more efficiently, Humpback Whales and Dolphins are now able to communicate within larger distances, animals such as the Sika Deer are returning to their original diets, etc... Here, we can learn that nature can continue thriving without human presence. It proves that nature is not dependent on us for survival. It is therefore our duty, to find ways to harmoniously co-exist with nature and its other residents. After the pandemic ends, we must make adjustments to how we view the world. It is not only us who live in it, a lot more call this world home and if we think about it, our world has more than enough resources for everyone; human and animal to share and survive.

As Sir David Attenborough puts it:

"Our lives are interconnected in deep and surprising ways."

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Turtles live underwater near beaches where they lay eggs. The waters is where they roam around in order to find food and mate then only goes up the beach to lay eggs. Sadly the beaches they live at is crowded by people on their vacations.

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Because of the banning of tourists on beaches for the meantime due to the pandemic, turtles are now more free on going on beaches to lay their eggs.

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These sea creatures are afraid of being stomped on so they tend to avoid people that are having their time on the beaches. This causes them to delay laying their eggs which impacts their population

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Since the beaches are now cleared, the turtles are now able to lay their eggs and continue on reproducing. This helps them to regain the lost numbers of them when the places were still crowded by people.

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Since they are close to humans, turtles are in risk of getting sick. It is because of littered plastics and others that they may consume

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The clearing of the beaches from human waste helped the turtles so much. This means they are far from danger and they can reproduce more healthy offsprings.

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What can we learn to secure the future of the natural world and our own.

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What can we learn to secure the future of the natural world and our own.

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What can we learn to secure the future of the natural world and our own from this lockdown is that leaving nature as it is, is the best way we can help it. The reason we have to take care of nature is because the nature takes care of us too. And destroying it is the same as destroying our homes. Let us stop bothering the natural world let the nature take its course. They can live off themselves.

“Even when it feels that animals benefit from our presence, in many cases, they’re actually better off without us”

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Turtles are adapted for aquatic life. They live in bodies of water ranging from small ponds to large lakes and rivers. It was shown in the film entitled "The Year Earth Changed" that female loggerheads in Florida, USA return every 2-3 years to the shores to lay their eggs. Increased human presence and the night-time activity at the beaches resulted in turtles being reluctant to visit the said beaches and prevents them from nesting.

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With the beach closures, the female turtles can lay their eggs in peace for the first time. The turtles were able to do what they've been doing for millions of years more successfully than when we have a human presence.

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Behavior and Characteristics before the Pandemic

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Behavior and Characteristics before the Pandemic

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Turtles often spend their time in the water aside from their breeding season. Female loggerhead breeding occurs at the nesting beach, especially at night. However, human disturbance is a major problem for their breeding season. For instance, night-time activities like beach driving disrupt the turtle from laying her eggs peacefully and even crushed the hatchlings. This results in turtles being reluctant in laying their eggs at the beach and may even cause them to stop nesting and return to the ocean.

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Behavior and Characteristics during the Pandemic

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Behavior and Characteristics during the Pandemic

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Due to the closure of the beach and decrease in human disturbance, female turtles were able to lay their eggs more peacefully. Just a few months after the lockdown, the average success rate went up from 41% up to 61%. This indicates that the limits put in place as a result of the pandemic benefit turtles by allowing them to reproduce more safely.

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Sea turtles swim thousands of ocean miles during their long lifetimes between land and sea. "Female sea turtles return every two to three years to the shore where they were born in order to lay their eggs" according to David Attenborough in The Year Earth Changed documentary special.
Female sea turtles can lay hundreds of eggs in one nesting season, yet most of the eggs die and few will survive their first year of existing. Although beyond these significant natural challenges of their life, sea turtles face multiple treats caused by humans reducing their species, such as illegal trade, consumption, over harvesting, killing turtles for medicine and religious ceremonies and climate change.

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Because the human species is the primary cause of threats to sea turtles, destroying their nest and killing the eggs.
A massive lockdown resulted in some relief for the females turtles to lay their eggs to the shore freely, safely and peacefully. Mother sea turtles deposit an average of about 100 eggs in each nest, and along the beach on the east coast of Florida, sea turtles lay over 150,000 lbs of healthy eggs in the sand.

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As we all know, turtles' native habitat is centered on saltwater basins, and they seldom come ashore to rest. Female turtles, in particular, return to the beach every two to three years to choose the best time to lay their eggs. They do this to determine the best time to hatch their eggs. Nevertheless, before the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of turtles that visit beaches across the globe has decreased dramatically as a result of the hectic pace of modern life.

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The year 2020 has undoubtedly marked a watershed moment in the history of the turtles, as well as a game changer. For the first time, as soon as the mating season began, one female turtle was seen to have laid her eggs in ease and tranquility, something that did not occur during the pre-pandemic period on the beaches in the area. Over the following weeks, even more females replicate the behavior, creating a ripple effect for the species in question.

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Without a doubt, turtles are not socially inclined animals. They are not fond of crowded places and unobtrusive. Thus, it says a lot that the dread of human life that most turtles have when coming to the beach for breeding season is one of the reasons, they are hesitant to do so. They are unable to take the danger of depositing their eggs on the sand, despite the fact that this is their normal habit while nesting.

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Since the lockdown at Juno Beach was implemented, things have changed on a consistent basis, and I am certain that this is also the case in the other beaches. People and places were becoming too crowded, and they no longer had the space that they were meant to have, so they had the courage to go out of their natural home, which was the ocean.

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Behavior And Characteristics Before The Pandemic

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Behavior And Characteristics Before The Pandemic

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Sea turtles are generally unsociable and solitary animals which makes them to difficult to study. Most of the turtles are dependent on beaches for nesting and laying their eggs. Though, by the human recklessness and other human activities, hundreds of thousands of sea turtles are accidentally caught in nets, instead of bringing them back to the sea, they made it an illegal business.  Also other human activities have destroyed or disturbed sea turtle nesting that is why they tend to become more aggressive to fight back and defend their eggs specially for their life.

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Behavior And Characteristics During The Pandemic

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Behavior And Characteristics During The Pandemic

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Since the pandemic started, authorities have locked down all the tourist spots to avoid the high possibility of increasing the number of covid infected , especially on beaches. That is why beaches are deserted and it is good news for the sea turtles to freely bring their natural habitat back to normal, especially undoubted and comfortable when they are nesting and laying their eggs. Furthermore, the chances of regaining their numbers are increasing resulting in a bigger population of sea turtles resulting in lower chances of belonging to endangered species.

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The Loggerhead Turtle is a passive creature that prefers to be alone in their own environment. They have isolated themselves from people and settled in a place that they find comfortable. As a result, during the past ten years, the average percentage of successful nesting has fallen dramatically, to 70 percent.

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A crucial discovery was made by scientists after counting the number of turtle tracks that led to the nest on a constant basis. The beach had been closed off to tourists and visitors, which was the reason for the travel restriction. As a result, the number of nesting birds increased to 61 percent, which is the most highest in recorded history.

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"The astonishing speed and the variety of nature's response has shown that even the modest changes to our live can make a vital difference to wildlife around the world."

This quote undoubtedly left an impact in my heart. I never thought that a curse to us will be such a blessing for another. Perhaps, sometimes we are too selfish for our own good.

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What can we learn to secure the future of the natural world and our own?

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What can we learn to secure the future of the natural world and our own?

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We need to be united as one, as we look forward for the better of everyone, not just only for the sake of humans but also for the sake of animals, and of our nature. Our Earth needs us to help it back to a healthy natural ecosystem that we had before. Since the pandemic comes, our natural ecosystem is bringing back itself to its own recovery condition for the cause of uncontrollable pollution and climate change. As we noticed on the special documentary video of ‘The Year Earth Changed’, all animals mentioned on the video have a stable environment for them to be comfortable bringing back to their own habitats and regaining their numbers as reducing the chances of being in a part of endangered species. Furthermore, we realize that the Earth can heal on its own, without the help of humans. We should help ourselves as we are the same humans, animals and nature living on Earth to survive, yet to witness and to appreciate the beauty of our home. Because right now, we’re not just only living things who live on this planet, but the future awaits.

As Mr. David Attenborough said:

“People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.”

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Sea turles live in the water and just go to the seashore every two to three years to lay their eggs. Due to the humans' disruption before pandemic they have been reluctant to lay their eggs on the seaside.

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Pandemic made the life of the sea turtles easier. As what mentioned on the video The Earth Has Changed "The moment we pause due to lockdown, earth was able to breathe again." When the lockdown started sea turtles are often seen on the seashore peacefully laying their eggs on its nesting ground without any distraction made by the humans.

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Behavior and Characteristics Before Pandemic

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Behavior and Characteristics Before Pandemic

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People loves the beach especially during summer. They enjoys several activities to make their stay/vacation memorable. These activities affects the lifestyle of the sea turtles. They have been reluctant to lay their eggs for the reason that humans distract them a lot, from the noise they are making up to their cameras flashing. They may succesfully lay the eggs but there are also chance that people will stamp it.

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Behavior and Characteristics After the Pandemic

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Behavior and Characteristics After the Pandemic

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When the lockdown started sea turtles on the beach of Juno can be seen often. They are seen laying their eggs without any disturbance. It can also means that sea turtles became at peace that humans are no where to be found. It made the nesting rate increased from 40% to 61%. Which is a sign of hope that it is not too late to save the inhabitants of sea turtles.

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What can we learn to secure the future of the natural world on our own?

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What can we learn to secure the future of the natural world on our own?

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We must be always mindful of our action and always think that we are not the only living organism here on Earth. Also this pandemic is a wake up call that everything is uncertain. No one knows what will happen in the following months or years and we should do every little action that we can to save our environment. Global warming is getting worse but the changes on our environment during this lockdown is an indicator that it is not too late to save it.

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What can we learn to secure the future of natural world and our own?

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What can we learn to secure the future of natural world and our own?

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Ever since this pandemic happened, a lot of remarkable things start to change in the natural world. Global traffic has been decreased by 70%, resulting in the finest air quality in 40 years and the appearance of a breathtaking sight such as the Himalayas, which we haven't seen in 30 years. Just in a year of lockdown, our world has changed in extraordinary ways. This pandemic has shown us that we can help wildlife flourished, and we should choose to contribute in every small possible way we can because it will also benefit us. "If we love animals, animals love us too," one of the locals in India shown in the video stated. Instead of forcing the elephants away, they tried to find another method to prevent a conflict that would end in the elephants being killed. This demonstrates that there is always a better way to do things and that we are the ones who can decide and choose to do things better.

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"Even modest changes in our lives can make a vital difference to wildlife around the world."

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What can we learn to secure the future of the natural world and our own?

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What can we learn to secure the future of the natural world and our own?

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The most scenic scene - the turtle at peace.

No matter how you look at it, this pandemic seems to be a burden for us as human beings, but a gift to our wildlife. After seeing the documentary, I understood that it is important to recognize our own limits and boundaries when it comes to dealing with other animals. All of us are formed and given our natural environment, as well as the qualities necessary to accomplish our own goals. As a result, we should show respect for one another and be clear about where we should stand. Humans, on the other hand, seemed to have forgotten this. They became the wreckers of their own civilization, and as a result, the environment suffers as a result of this. Being exposed to the documentary has opened my eyes to the fact that nature too needs to be healed. They must achieve great success in order to be able to continue their race. And this shutdown provides them with an opportunity to do so. They were able to accept the new normal and go about their business without feeling restricted. Being a responsible animal in this world involves taking responsibility for one's actions. As a result, we must take care of our environment in order to ensure the survival of our natural world, and our own will undoubtedly follow.

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"The moment we paused, the Earth was able to breathe again."

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Turtles mostly live in water. They can be found on beaches. They are adapted to aquatic life, so they spend time nesting and feeding by traveling many miles. Male turtles never leave the ocean, while female turtles lay their eggs on the shore. Before the pandemic, the average nesting success rate over the last ten years is down to 40% due to human disturbance.

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Implementation of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic caused the closing of beaches. Because of this, female turtles lay their eggs on shore to hatched in peace. After this, the nesting success rate is up to 61%, making it the most significant improvement of success in all time.

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Behavior and Characteristics before the Pandemic

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Behavior and Characteristics before the Pandemic

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Most turtles are active during the day to spend time searching for food. Turtles are not social creatures; they are not silent and don't interact or socialize with other animals. The presence of other creatures that would give a sense of danger can cause turtles not to lay eggs. Because of this and other human disturbances, turtles are endangered globally.

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Behavior and Characteristics during Pandemic

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Behavior and Characteristics during Pandemic

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Since the pandemic started, the lockdown and closing of beaches caused the turtles to have the ocean and shore to lay eggs in peace. Without any disturbances, the successful hatched of every turtle can become breeding adults that can also save their kind from being endangered.

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What can we learn to secure the future of natural world of our own?

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What can we learn to secure the future of natural world of our own?

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Helping others educate them about the importance of each living and non-living thing in this world can create a natural and peaceful living. Protecting and taking care of the world can benefits us a clean water, fresh air, and etc. We are interconnected with nature, that means what we do to nature will ultimately comes back to us.

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The most scenic part - The successful hatched of lay eggs.

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"Even when it seems that animals benefits from our presence... in many cases, they're actually better off without us."

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"Even when it seems that animals benefits from our presence... in many cases, they're actually better off without us."