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1.     Humans can learn

  1. 1.     Humans can learn important life lessons from the non-human world

I do think that humans can learn important life lessons from the non-human world. Just by observing them, one can learn a lot of how the non-human world works. We aren’t that different if you really think about it. However, I do think that animals are far more truthful than human beings, as they live with their natural instincts. But an important life lesson that humans can learn from the non-human world is the way to survive. In the non-human world, everything is much simpler and straightforward than our world. The stronger ones live and the weaker ones die. Maybe this seems too brutal to some people, but it is the truth. You have to become stronger than others, if you want to be on the top. So this kind of teaches us a way to survive in society. In some sense, you always have to be stronger than others. You’ll have to be able to compete with others, and therefore, the better you are at something, the bigger an advantage you have. The non-human world also teaches us to look forward and move on. Death, is a very common thing in the non-human world, it’s a part of nature. However, it’s like when a mother lion sees her cub get killed; of course she’s sad and upset, because that’s her own child. Yet, she still has to move on, because their world is just like that, if you don’t get up fast enough, you’ll lose your chance to live. 

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