he earth is billions of years old and even our favorite lake, Clear Lake, is more than two million years old. In comparison, humans and other animals live only a short time. It is surprising how short a time animals are on the earth.
Life in the wild is very hard. Just finding enough food is a major task and dodging predators occurs every day. The planet is billions of years old, yet most creatures including man are only alive a very short time. Humans live a good deal longer than most creatures, but even a 100 years is just a drop in the bucket compared to how long earth has been around.