The big lie is that the animal kingdom exists in a perpetual state of fear.
Animals are highly alert, not fearful.
We humans project our own state of fear upon animals because we live in an addictive and traumatic landscape.
We believe our motivation is “reward-based,” and that animals, unlike us, are motivated by avoiding threats. This is absolutely wrong – quite the contrary. In ecosystems rewards are plentiful for all who take the time to notice qualia. In the human landscape we are always under threat of losing the matter that we “think” is making us happy.