Perhaps if we once admit in Franciscan and Darwinian vein that the creatures we so insouciantly brush aside are our relatives, we would treat them differently.

• 或许，假如某天我们能像圣方济和达尔文那样，不再漫不经心地漠视这些生物，而是把它们当作我们的亲人，我们就可以用不同的方式来对待它们。