Earth - so what?
Life on our planet has gone through 3.8 billion years of research and adaptation. 
Evolving. Learning. 
How to get its food. 
How to get its mate. 
How to get its own way.
Today, the result of all that evolution 
is a curious and complex mix of behaviours 
that baffle, bemuse and 
often take your breath away. 

For instance, did you know...
That some marine turtles must lay their eggs 
on the *exact same beach* on which they hatched 
up to 25 years before
That without pollinators
(such as birds, bats, and insects)
the human race would enter 
a period of extreme famine... 
we could even die out
That mans' closest relative, the bonobo,
solves its disputes...

...by making love
That starfish can reproduce off-spring
simply by shedding parts of their body?
That the male angler fish
permanently fuses itself to the female, becoming part of her body 
in order to reproduce 
That male seahorses are the ones that give birth
That cuttle fish talk to each other in colours 
And that a drunken bee is not allowed back in the hive, 
but is forcibly kept out by guard bees, acting like door men
That Mantis shrimps have the most amazing eyes in the animal kingdom - they are the only ones that can see
from ultra violet to infra-red
That chimpanzees, kiss, hug, swagger, hold hands, show compassion and true altruism
That the ruby-throated hummingbird
measuring a tiny 10 cm
flies non-stop for 26hrs from North to Central America 
at a speed of 45km/h 
for a voyage of 1000km 
that even includes crossing the Gulf of Mexico
And that the Bar-headed goose can fly higher than any other animal. 

It flies so high it can pass 1000m *above* the top of Mount Everest (8,848m) during its migration across the Himalayas... 
That Bluefin tuna can accelerate faster
than a Porsche, reaching speeds of 70, and maybe even 100 km/hour
That a layer of fat up to 11 cm thick keeps Polar bears warm. Especially while swimming. 

But they are so well insulated, 
they have to move slowly on land to avoid overheating
Yet the most curious behaviour of any species, 
is that exhibited by the majority of Homo sapiens sapiens...
How? 
By simply changing the way we live 
and the things that we do.

It's not hard and it doesn't involve hardship.
This is a species that devotes 
just one day out of every year 
to its only available life support system.

Yet every day should be a day 
when we show our one and only, 
glorious and curious 
blue and green planet 
a little bit of TLC.
That we live on a planet where 
Lemurs get "drunk" on millipedes
Bees get "drunk" on tree sap
Jaguars get "drunk" on leaves, and 
Reindeer "trip out" on red & white mushrooms
If you're willing, then step this way...

http://www.panda.org/greenliving
?
How cool is that!
It's called "natal beach loyalty"
This is a species that willingly consumes 
and consumes, till there is no more left, 
even for itself.

That tears down the places 
that could provide cures 
for the ailments it fears.

That alters, blocks and often loses 
the sources of freshwater 
that it needs to survive.