quote:Originally posted by thedoctor: Which is one of the many things I felt was wrong with the Matrix movie. Apparently the Wack. Bros. have never heard of a beaver or a wevil or locust. Wevils and locust consume in masse and leave devistation behind. Beavers build damns and back up and redirect streams. Birds build nests. Alligators dig dens. Very few animals don't change their environments. They both adapt biologically as well as their physical surroundings to make themselves more comfortable. Just like humans have.
I think you're taking it a bit too literally. Yes, all animals create homes for themselves, but that's not what Smith meant by "changing their surroundings". Humans take a forest....and turn it into a parking lot. They take a field....and turn it into a mining colony. They take entire sections of their habitat and assimilate it into their society. Beavers and Alligators just use what's there to shield them, and only take what they need to survive. They leave the forests and swamps and meadows intact. They maintain the natural order.
