hahaha i have been noticing that alot too. you might like the Uplift Series by David Brin. he makes humans insignificant and endangered for a while, then he makes light of our better qualities, while making us no less endangered, possibly moreso. i am not going to give away plot points anymore.

but its also cool because he feels that dolphins are already intelligent, kinda like lazy poets, and that after a small amount of genetic "nudging" their next generation is comparable and even better than ours, and they even build and crew their own starship. its really a good storyline, you might like it. its 6 novels long and supposedly there are another 3 or 4 coming out! woo hoo! :D