Nice one Piugattuk-- thanks for the thoughtful content. Some of the things you say about robber flies would apply to a perfected Buddhist also.
I once tried to write a short story about a fish grabbed from the water by an eagle, from the fish’s perspective. I had to give up, because there was too much language involved. Too many names for things. Fish don’t have language, or names for things. Trying to say something about a fish’s perceptions, in words, seemed pretty artificial and unauthentic.
(By the way, I’m an aquarium guy, and although fish have relatively primitive nervous systems-- they do have distinct personalities).