那些想象地球上的生活由动物组成的人严重误解了他们所看到的。那个绿色的背景繁忙。植物生长，移动，扭曲并转身为太阳而战。他们与动物不断互动，以树皮和荆棘刺伤一些动物。毒害他人；并喂养其他人来推进自己的繁殖，以散布花粉和种子。
(People who imagined that life on earth consisted of animals moving against a green background seriously misunderstood what they were seeing. That green background was busily alive. Plants grew, moved, twisted, and turned, fighting for the sun; and they interacted continuously with animals-discouraging some with bark and thorns; poisoning others; and feeding still others to advance their own reproduction, to spread their pollen and seeds.)