Which strawman are you flailing against? I havent said anything about human caused destruction, where are you getting that from?

We act like we are the only emotional animals, only animals who think, etc.

Who made that claim?

Listen, if you want to say we are destroying certain species, environments, etc.

??

if humans were out of the picture there is nothing that would prevent another species from evolving and becoming sapient like humans.

Of course not but there’s nothing forcing it to happen either. Dinosaurs ruled the planet for far longer than mammals and they never got where we are

You say we aren’t that special but show me one other species that has created a civilization like humans, I’ll wait.