read the chapter "how sycophants die" in wrath of ezra, and it will tell you. Or if you arent on that book yet. Sycophants are assigned to those who step into Foo. They help those that come in to...
Possibly. But only because whatever was affecting the animals has a similar affect on us. Not to mention mess up our food chain and cause us to never eat meat. Animals keep everything in sync. so yes...