...by flying? Do sea critters exploit the environment by using water resistance to help them travel?
Do polar bears exploit the environment by using the polar ice to keep a kill fresh?
Do carrion-feeders exploit the environment by waiting for an animal to die of sickness or old age?
Do predators exploit the environment by specifically targeting the young and frail?
What do you think?
Is this similar to how humans exploit the environment by using terrain to our advantage in wartime scenarios, or to how we exploit the environment by creating traps to capture prey with?
