So is the mice light.any animal in the mammal class is able to form social groups. Mice do that. Dogs,dolphins.
There's more to the animals then just what we see.I have nit got unto the facts that trees have root communication networks and send out signals to warn of danger ,feed others and recieve it.not only their species but others.via fungus.
Sometimes ,what we ignore as only fit fir the nature of a human simply isn't but a reflection of God.a dog has been found to be a good way of assisting with ptsd recovery.they sense our states and comfort.mine has laid near me while I was sad and I woke up to her wagging her tail and kicking me.
My sister is by large unable to speak,read ,she has no means of ever contemplating God. Is her soul defective? Or is it the means of communication to this world defective?yet no one will say she is lost.why, surely her soul has thoughts.yet our brain is very much part of us.
Now back to an animal.there much more to many animals then just their flesh.they don't have a redemption plan or sin but emotions are more then just chemicals.dogs have likes and dislikes.personalities