I realized then that these species and a large part of the other unique, marvelous animals and plants on that island -- and this is true of practically every part of the world -- which took millions of years to evolve, are in the process of disappearing forever.
Tada sam shvatio da ove vrste, i velik broj drugih jedinstvenih, čudesnih životinja i biljaka na tom otoku, a ovo vrijedi za gotovo svaki dio svijeta kojemu je trebalo milijune godina da se  razvije, su u procesu trajnog nestanka.