is article examines the ecological vision of Jean-Marie Le Clezio as presented in his essay Hai (1971), inspired by a period living among the Indians of Panama. It explores the philosophical, poetic, and political dimensions of this vision and the manner in which it explodes the nature/culture divide, calling into question the Western anthropocentric concept of the human. Affinities are detected with the thought of Philippe Descola, Bruno Latour, and Gilles Deleuze. It examines two extracts from the author's fictional texts illustrating the themes of animal intelligence and of equality or partnership between human and non-human animals.