@DoubleAA @MonicaCellio @Daniel @IsaacMoses @MonicaCellio Possible invalid post-answer edit: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/79540/8775
Original question: "Is this meant to be taken literally? Does this mean inanimate objects have some sort of awareness?"
Edit: "I am especially interested in the view that it is literal"
The edit seems to preclude (or at the very minimum strongly discourage) the existing answer which cites the Rishonic view that it is non-literal.
Accordingly, the edit should be rolled back