🦭 Wild animals (Part 3) + Transcript

Hello, hello, dear listeners and welcome into speaking part 3 "Wild animals in general" right? So Rory here knows a lot of things about animals and educated native speaker. Allegedly. Why should people protect wild animals? Well, all species contribute to the planet's biodiversity, which is useful for things like genetic variation and disease control and prevention. There are also things called umbrella species, which means that in the cause of protecting them, we protect the animals which share their habitats too, so the knock-on effects of preserving them are really worth promoting. Is it more important to protect wild animals or the environment? I think they go hand-in-hand, kind of, don't they? You can't really have animals without an environment, but at the same time, what's the point in preserving a habitat devoid of all animal life? If we've got to pick one, though, I suppose it's better to safeguard the environment since that would benefit human beings more directly. Should people educate children to protect wild animals? Well, I think they already do, and it makes sense. However you look at it, logically, we need animals to support the biosphere and looking after them ensures that we will benefit from that, but also morally, I think if we're nicer to animals or as nice as we can be, then I think that contributes to a more moral-caring society. Why do some people attach more importance to protecting rare animals? Well, they could be, and I think they frequently are, umbrella species, like I mentioned before, but their rarity is also a part of their symbolism, so by investing in their care, we invest more in the value of the animals for us, although maybe that's a bit esoteric. More relatedly, if an animal is endangered, there's a greater sense of urgency in keeping them safe, so the logical option seems to be investing more effort in looking after them. Do you think it's important to take children to the zoo to see animals? No, absolutely not, and in fact I am dead set against zoos, that the treatment of animals and zoos is inhumane and unnatural. You learn nothing from keeping them in enclosures and cages, nothing other than the high regard human beings have for themselves in being able to cage the poor things up for display purposes. There's nothing worthwhile about them, it's a money thing, pure and simple. Why are some people more willing to protect wild animals than others? Well, there's great value in keeping animals in their natural state. We already talked about the relationship between animals and the biosphere and environment at large, so protecting animals preserves the natural beauty of these places as well as the natural balance that allows them to yield things like oxygen for the planet and medicines if we're talking about trees at least, and then there are the untapped genetic resources which such places might yield. If they are wiped out then we might lose that and then you suffer horrendous consequences as a result. People who promote this idea are perhaps more aware of that compared to other people. As you know, we now release all of our premium content for free and it's available for one month. After one month it goes into our super secret archive. To sign up for the archive, click the link in the description below. See you soon. How are you, dear listener, are you okay? Are you ready to rise up and destroy the zoos? So you don't like zoos, do you? I hate zoos, we've talked about this before. What about circuses? Nope, absolutely not. Not if they use animals. But animals are used in, you know, manufacturing of shampoos, cosmetics, like different creams. Yes, that's also wrong. Hank, you should absolutely be using human beings for this. Oh, okay, interesting. Yes, dear listener, you see our worry, you know, cares for animals and doesn't like zoos and circuses. All right. So protect wild animals. Species or kinds of animals, species or species contribute to the planet's biodiversity. Biodiversity means the number and types of plants, animals that exist in our world. And when we protect animals, we protect the habitats. Habitats is where animals live. So we live in the flats, houses, animals live in the natural environment. C1, a band 8, word. So a lot of wildlife is losing its natural habitat. All right, so lots of animals are losing their habitats. And if we don't protect wild animals, this will have the knock on effects on the environment, on people. Knock on effects are just consequences, things that happen as a result of something. Protecting animals and protecting the environment go hand in hand. So when you protect animals, you protect their habitats. So you protect the environment. So they go together. You cannot separate them. So we can't have animals without an environment, without their natural habitat, without a forest, without a river, an ocean. And if we pick one, if I had to pick one, the environment or animals, I suppose it's better to safeguard the environment. Save God means to save. Here Rory uses a synonym, not to repeat the examiner's question, like to save, or save God to protect something. Save God the environment. To keep it from harm. Children should be educated how to protect wild animals. And wild animals we mean like not pets, okay, like not sheep, cows that are close to people, but like animals who live in the wild. Capybara's, tigers, lions, crocodiles. We need animals to support the biosphere. It's another one. So we have biodiversity. Animals are part of our biodiversity and they are part of our biosphere. Well, pretty much like a part of a planet's environment where life exists. So biosphere everywhere where life exists. And you can say that wild animals are part of our life and biosphere, so we have to protect them. Yes, otherwise we will also die. And teaching children how to protect animals contributes to a more moral, caring society. Well, it might. So caring means giving emotional support to others. And if we just teach anybody how to take care of somebody, animals, people. So we will live in a better world. We have rare animals. And some people think that it's better to protect rare animals than other animals. For example, a more leopard is a rare animal or black rhino. There you go. Sumatran tiger, red wolf, red wolf. Nice. Around 300 individuals. What? It's crazy. Yeah. So they are critically endangered species. So very rare, red wolves. Giant pandas, are they rare? Hmm. They're probably rarer than a lot of other animals. Yeah, okay. So the giant panda is among the world's most threatened animals. Rarity. So animals are rare and they're rarity. But that's just the concept of being rare. And if an animal is endangered, there is a greater sense of urgency. So urgency, like, yeah, we need to take care of endangered species urgently. So it's more important. It needs attention immediately. Keep them safe or protect. So keep them safe, is a nice synonym. And invest more effort in looking after them. So look after animals, take care of animals, keeping them safe, protect them. So we should invest more effort in looking after rare species or species. And then Rory gets all emotional about the zoos. So he says like, absolutely not. Absolutely not. And Rory says that I'm dead set against zoos. Like, no, this is unnatural, inhumane. So this is just not right, according to Rory. If you disagree with Rory, it's okay. It's okay to be wrong. If you agree, good. And if you agree, it's good to be right. Inhumane means cruel, causing suffering to people and animals. So keeping animals in zoos is inhumane. Keep animals in enclosures. So when animals are kept not in the wild, they are kept in closures. It's one word, an area surrounded by fences or walls. Like an enclosure for the horses. Enclosure, enclosure, one word. Or in cages, right? So keeping animals in cages is inhumane. And also you can say that it's horrible to cage animals. A cage and to cage is a verb. It's horrible to cage animals for display purposes. But that just means to show them to people. Protecting animals preserves the natural beauty of our biosphere, of our environment. Preserves like keeps, maintains the natural beauty. And preserving animals maintains the natural balance. Yeah, balance in nature. And then Rory says something about untapped genetic resources. I don't understand this, Rory. Like it's it's beyond me. It's some science, you know. What? Well, genetic resources would just be the genes of different or the DNA of different species that we haven't discovered yet. And they might contribute to potential cures for things. Because we still don't know about several species that live in the rainforest, for example. And so if the rainforest is destroyed, we cannot use those resources because they will not exist anymore. And they will be untapped. And they're untapped now because nobody knows how to use them or where to find them. So untapped just means not used or not controlled. Dylissa, how are you doing? Are you OK? Right? I'm reading already about the giant panda. What about you? Now you know that the red wolf is super endangered. 300 red wolves in the world. Rory, if you were an animal, a wild animal, who would you be? A copybara? I'd be a copybara. We've talked about this. We have an episode on wild animals, but it's part one. I'd be a snow leopard. They're also pretty endangered. You would. I remember you saying that last time as well. Yeah, I love snow leopards. They're awesome. So fluffy. These giant cats. Thank you very much for listening, dear listener. We are sending you love and joy and health and hugs. OK? Bye. Stay with us. OK? Bye. Bye. Why should people protect wild animals? All kinds of reasons. They, well, all species contribute to the planet's biodiversity, which is useful for things like genetic variation and disease control and prevention. There are also things called umbrella species, which means that in the cause of protecting them, we protect the animals which share their habitats too. So the knock-on effects of preserving them are really worth promoting. Is it more important to protect wild animals or the environment? I think they go hand in hand, kind of, don't they? You can't really have animals without an environment, but at the same time, what's the point in preserving a habitat devoid of all animal life? If we've got to pick one, though, I suppose it's better to safeguard the environment since that would benefit human beings more directly. Should people educate children to protect wild animals? Well, I think they already do, and it makes sense. However you look at it, logically, we need animals to support the biosphere and looking after them ensures that we will benefit from that. But also, morally, I think if we're nicer to animals or as nice as we can be, then I think that contributes to a more moral caring society. Why do some people attach more importance to protecting rare animals? Well, they could be, and I think they frequently are, umbrella species, like I mentioned before, but their rarity is also a part of their symbolism. So by investing in their care, we invest more in the value of the animals for us. Oh, look, maybe that's a bit esoteric. More relatedly, if an animal is endangered, there's a greater sense of urgency in keeping them safe. So the logical option seems to be investing more effort in looking after them. Do you think it's important to take children to the zoo to see animals? No, absolutely not. In fact, I am dead set against zoos, that the treatment of animals in zoos is inhumane and unnatural. You learn nothing from keeping them in enclosures and cages. Well, nothing other than the high regard human beings have for themselves in being able to cage the poor things up for display purposes. There is nothing worthwhile about them. It's a money thing, pure and simple. Why are some people more willing to protect wild animals than others? Well, there's great value in keeping animals in their natural state. We already talked about the relationship between animals in the biosphere and environment at large. So protecting animals preserves the natural beauty of these places as well as the natural balance that allows them to yield things like oxygen for the planet and medicines, if we're talking about trees at least. And then there are the untapped genetic resources which such places might yield. If they are wiped out, then we might lose that and then you suffer horrendous consequences as a result. So people who promote this idea are perhaps more aware of that compared to other people. (upbeat music)