Life on earth is such a good story 

you cannot afford to miss the beginning... 

Beneath our superficial differences 

we are all of us 

walking communities of bacteria. 

The world shimmers, 

a pointillist landscape 

made of tiny living beings.

All living beings, 

not just animals, 

but plants and microorganisms, 

perceive. 

To survive, 

an organic being must perceive — 

it must seek, or at least recognise, food 

and avoid environmental danger.

The fewer species there are 

and the fewer species we know about, 

the fewer questions we even know to ask.