I don't see why the world is better with creatures in it than not, especially as there's so much suffering.
Adams, of course, must be supposing that if God's reason for creating one world rather than another is the fact that the creatures in the first world are much better than the creatures in the second world, it somehow logically follows that God must love the creatures in the first world more than he loves the creatures in the second.
Watching the animal's fusiform body, it was hard to imagine a creature better suited to its environment.
But as they surveyed their property, they were daunted by the challenge of constructing a home among towering old-growth gum and Eucalyptus trees and pesky local fauna — including Tasmania's eponymous devils, furry creatures better known for their foul smell and ill temper than for being the world's largest carnivorous marsupial.
But Grant is referring to the quick, fierce prehistoric creatures better known as velociraptors.
Few creatures better embody the nature of urban wildlife in Esther Woolfson's "hidden city", Aberdeen, than the herring gull.
To be a badger, Foster took along his eight-year-old son, Tom, to better duplicate the creatures' highly social lifestyle.
"Most butterfly exhibitions are smaller, maybe 1,000 square feet, and they're only open in summer," said Mr. DeLuca, who has been visiting butterfly attractions regularly this year to better understand the creatures' habitat.
Scientists argue about the relative benefits of the whale research and rescue SeaWorld conducts versus any harm caused by keeping the animals captive, but they are all in agreement that bigger tanks would unquestionably be better for the creatures, which travel up to 100 miles a day in the wild.
Regaining body heat may help the creatures better digest their recent meals, the researchers note, because the warmer the whale sharks are, the more quickly and efficiently their metabolic activity proceeds.
But the whole way in which we came up with the idea of the pure perfection in the first place was by considering perfections in creatures in other words, by considering what features made creatures better in every respect.
