For the Birds (2000)

One by one, a flock of small birds perches on a telephone wire. Sitting close together has problems enough, and then comes along a large dopey bird that tries to join them. The birds of a feather can't help but make fun of him - and their clique mentality proves embarrassing in the end.

In For the Birds, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “powerline perch”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing hierarchy, competition, space.