Because its life or death all the time. Born to Dutch parents, tenOever grew up in rural Ontario. Although none of the individuals would survive on their own, the collective thrives. And so, as a result, something of the inanimate realm clung to them still; a state of unfeeling, the sense that flies were less beings than things. His fervent enthusiasm for flies startled me, until I eventually understood his benevolent motives.
it had something to do with survival among silent people in astate of non-feeling.
( z0 have-to-do-with :ARG0 ( z1 it ) :ARG1 ( z2 survive :location ( z3 among :op ( z4 person :ARG0-of ( z5 feel :polarity - ) :mod ( z6 silent ) ) ) ) :ARG2 ( z7 something ) )
(z0 / have-to-do-with-04
    :ARG0 (z1 / it)
    :ARG1 (z2 / survive-01
              :location (z3 / among
                            :op1 (z4 / person
                                     :ARG0-of (z5 / feel-01
                                                  :polarity -)
                                     :mod (z6 / silent))))
    :ARG2 (z7 / something))
it had something to do with survival among silent people in astate of non - feeling .
z0 :ARG2 z7
z0 :ARG0 z1
z0 :ARG1 z2
z2 :location z3
z4 :mod z6
z3 :op1 z4
z5 :polarity 0
z4 :ARG0-of z5