i am so routinely frustrated at people who are all "noooo don't interact with wild animals in any way" - i don't understand how anyone can watch the Forward March Of Progress as it eliminates species after species, radically decreasing the biodiversity of ecosystem after ecosystem as it translates all organic production into Value and still say "actually leaving out water for critters is bad" - "actually feeding critters is bad" - "actually talking to critters is crazy"

i promise you, developing a relationship with the life around you will make you see the world in radically new ways and open your eyes to new possibilities, new ways to live that don't push every life but Humanity's to extinction.