[jesus fuck he hates this guy already, how father managed to put up with his smarmy ass for however long is beyond him.]

Of course your solution would entail hurting innocent members of this biome... Obviously, they do not want harm to come to the smaller creatures here, but someone still needs to protect the defenseless plants.

[he gives a shy flower another gentle poke-- awawawawawa it does its little shy flower thing and closes up, how kawaii.]

When it comes to matters of other living things, there is usually never one simple solution.