Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not rooting for a "human zoo" future. I very much like being the dominant species on earth.

It would be absurd to claim that all animals live some sort of charmed life due to humans.

But saying that animals (especially those most similar to us like intelligent mammals) are nothing more than "atoms" to humans is equally absurd.

I don't think the analogy worked. It contained giant axes, and a giant grinder, and the OP shoehorned both into an unrelated discussion about math.