[Avodah] animals and bechira??

[Harvey Benton]

animals in medrash like dogs (who did not bark) in mitzrayim, are rewarded
(by not withholding scraps from them). is this because they "consciously
chose not to bark?


the donkey spoke in first person. when he said "I would have done such
and such...." are we saying that Hashem was saying that on the donkey's
behalf (as Harchinam suggests) al pi Rambam???
why would we assume this??did Moshe Rabeinu or any other Novi speak in the
first person, when it was really Hashm or some other entitiy speaking??


what about the spiders that protected dovid hamelech during his flight
from shaul hamelech??
---we reward them nowadays also by not killing them because of that----
were they commanded by Hashem to do what they do??