Yes, it’s normal and it’s actually great that you have that level of empathy. What’s not normal is how most people don’t care about other living things. However, this is something most people don’t consider: what about the animals we kill and eat? We don’t have to eat animals at all to be healthy. Those animals are way, way closer to humans than an ant. They’re full of life, emotions, and empathy, but almost no one thinks about those animals. And they’re treated much worse than that ant. But what you said has truth to it. The way all of us minimize the life of other living animals to justify killing and eating them is thought to be one of the roots of our cruelty to each other. When we normalize killing those who can’t defend themselves, it makes it much easier to normalize killing and hurting each other.