I was just reading a bit of the OT in my Message Bible tonight and I was reading the part about the fiery copper snake and the talking donkey. First of all, apparently according to the Lord if anybody was bitten by the deadly snake they could save themselves just by looking at it. Although it didn't really go into more details of why. And about the talking donkey that was beaten, if God decided to give speech to that particular animal to question his master, then why doesn't He do that to all of the abused animals in the world today?