Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Every day I make a little video for my grandkids and today I decided the story would be about anteaters.  Since two years ago, when my husband and I, our older son, his wife and our grandson visited San Diego and saw them in the zoo there, I've been fascinated by them, especially the giant anteaters, who can be 8' from the tip of their tails to the tip of their very, very long noses.  Their fur is long and sweeping, like the mane of a horse.  Anyway, I fell in love with the two I saw in the zoo.  They live in Central and South America, but have been driven almost to extinction in Central America.  Their habitat is being eradicated.  The forests, grasslands and other areas are being burned or developed.  They eat 35,000 ants a day.  How wondrous such animals are, and exotic.  Perhaps they are not necessary, but they prove the glory of the universe.  Some day I hope humans can protect and appreciate these gifts that do not directly benefit them, but make our world magical.