Wildlife Less Life born. Death plays a pivotal balancing role in
the drama of life. There are three necessary components of every
ecosystem: producers, consumers and decomposers. One part cannot
exist without the others. Decomposers cannot process and recycle
the materials of life until the natural agents of death have
taken their toll. Nevertheless, some deny the third segment of
life's cycle. Many people today isolate themselves from the
realities of nature. They want to live in a sanitized
environment. They want to hide all evidence of mortality from
their sight. It is difficult to imagine how this is possible. It
is likely that the grandparents and great grandparents of many
of these people hunted squirrels, skinned rabbits and butchered
their own hogs. But, people in different generations perceive
things differently, and today's generations are distantly
removed from the farm. Natural Curiosity of Children
Interestingly, the sight of a dead animal does not usually repel
or disgust children. Unless or unt