Finds & Thoughts
I just moved here to London for a week, and before that, I lived in Shanghai for almost 5 years. I found it quite interesting to compare the differences in living areas or communities. Not that different in flats, but quite different in the green space area. The animals around the road that I’m going to each day in London are mostly birds, and I even saw a fox yesterday, kind of a limp but still in the afternoon instead of the dark night. Normally, we will only see animals in the dark in Shanghai.
So I guess people here rarely disturb those animals. The first thing that came to mind is that London has a healthy natural environment, rich in vegetation and alive with animals. Then I start to think about the definition of “healthy natural environment”. How shall we define it? Are there any cultural or social differences between?
I also remember that in China, when we see animals in a public area, not in the zoo, then we will say this area has a healthy natural environment. Does that mean that animals showing up in human habitats means that the natural environment is in good condition? How do wild animals choose their habitats? Or even further, do they really have a choice but to just live far from human areas? I mean far enough to live on their own, especially when finding food.
Maybe it turns out that animals choose to live near human areas. And they tend to live a simpler life? At least no worries about the food.
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