Your examples of "contributions" seem a tad myopic and species-serving, if not merely self-serving. Apply your line of reasoning to the range of capabilities seen in humans, and see where that leads.
Sure they are myopic, I'm human. But I was not talking of capabilities, but of things, anything, that transcends the flesh.
Cheetahs are faster then humans and birds fly, etc, but that's not what I'm talking about.
Or to put it another way, do you think that death, pain and suffering cease to exist when you're not eating animals? Do you think living in the wild is like a happy frolic in the park?
