Landscapes of the Sacred 2-Tabitha Ward

In chapter 1 of Landscapes of the Sacred, in the passage about the deer in the clearing, I was interesting in what Lane was saying. Most people know and are fully aware that animals inhabit almost every kind of wilderness and therefore, if the wilderness is a sacred place then animals must be sacred as well, right? But then it is interesting to me that animals would be as sacred as the most sacred places, Delphi, Jerusalem, Mecca, etc., that they are inhabiting. Then I think, well animals can not communicate, they can not create art, and they can not create symphony orchestras, all things that humans can do that make us special. But, animals on the other hand, eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, and take care of their young, for the most part. So to think that animals could be as sacred as the places they inhabit is interesting to me because I have never thought about a sacred place in that way. There are some sacred places that are only sacred because of the human interaction with them. The animals that inhabit those places were there long before we were and most likely have no idea that where they live can hold the most powerful title to humans.