In 21 forty shaman is this extraordinary account humans like foundational, spiritual and practical relationship with animals. In 23 12 there's a plot line about re wilding, kind of re introducing a sort of restored animals. A lot of the most emotionally resonant passages aministry involve animals. I've become much more aware of the animals i encounter in the sierra nevada. And seein the big horned sheep for the first time in two thousand eight after having back packed in range for, at that point, i don't know, 30 years was a a stunner.