And Grey, sorry, but ask a farmer or a nurseryman how gently deer walk upon the earth. That is poetic and very nicely stated, but it is a romantic notion, nothing more. They actually do an awful lot of destruction to many young crops and newly planted trees.

They also do not walk that way because they are 'compassionate' animals...they are prey species, and have evolved so as to be able to move through underbrush and forest without bringing much notice to themselves.

Deer also are not contemplating their gratitude to mother earth, I'm sure. Their brains are not high functioning enough for such types of thinking. They just aren't.