All men are brothers, we like to say, half-wishing sometimes in secret it were not true. But perhaps it is true. And is the evolutionary line from protozoan to Spinoza any less certain? That also may be true. We are obliged, therefore, to spread the news, painful and bitter though it may be for some to hear, that all living things on earth are kindred.”
Edward Abbey, American author, essayist and naturalist (1927–1989)
This is even more true now that we know that we share our DNA with most living creatures. Sometimes I walk by a worm and say, “Hi little one.” We are related!