" Anthropomorphism is usually thought of as an illusion that arises like a blister in soft human minds: untrained, undisciplined, unhardened. There are good reasons for this: when we humanise the world, we may prevent ourselves from understanding the lives of other organisms on their own terms. But are there things this stance might lead us to pass over – or forget to notice? "

― Merlin Sheldrake , Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures