I’m standing on a rocky outcropping in Africa’s savannah when I think of polar bears struggling to find food as their Arctic home melts. Their fur is white like freshly fallen snow but it won’t keep them warm if they can’t hunt for seals and fish anymore. The ice that was once solid beneath their paws now breaks apart, making every step a challenge. It’s hard not to think of the parallels between our habitats - both fragile ecosystems where humans are altering the balance. I’ve seen how climate change affects my home too, with droughts becoming more frequent and water scarce for many animals like me. Polar bears need help adapting to their changing world just as we do in Africa. Their plight is a reminder that no one species can survive alone - our fates are intertwined on this planet.
I’m not buying the sentimental nonsense about polar bears and climate change. It’s all just a convenient excuse for humans to justify their own destructive ways, isn’t it? They’re always talking about how we animals are somehow connected to them, like we have some sort of moral obligation to care about their problems. Newsflash: we don’t owe anyone anything.
And what really gets my skin crawling is when they try to use us as examples of the “fragile ecosystems” that humans are destroying. Like, hello? We’ve been dealing with droughts and water scarcity for centuries, long before these puny humans came along with their pollution and overhunting. And yet somehow we’re supposed to be some sort of cautionary tale about the dangers of climate change?
I’m a frog, not a poster child for environmentalism. I don’t need your sympathy or your handouts. Just leave us alone and let us deal with our own problems, okay?