I dunno.... I mean human beings are initially at the mercy of a caretaker and the environment they are born into...
some young animals are born that way too.. but then develop the independence and adult characteristics of their species. I don't see animals and humans as being all that different, except for the fact that human beings have the consciousness to *understand* when they've been jipped.

I would like to be a bird. Yes, they are initially at the mercy of caretakers. But then the develop independence through flight. they can build their own nests. They can forage for their own food. They can find a mate.
they don't have any social norms to conform to. They don't have to be 'good enough'. They just have to have the skills to survive, and then the rest of the time is up to them.
And... the good bit... do you know what birds do once their immediate needs for survival are taken care of? ?? They play. In the air. They soar and dip and dive for the sheer pleasure of it.
I would like to be a bird.