Siting down on the pavement that cool evening, appreciating the wonderful environmental beautification done by the Almighty, something caught my eyes that intrigued me. I had to mope for some minutes, not for myself, but for human beings in general.
Out of a hole, came two tiny organisms. At first, I had a thought of killing them just for fun. Then I had a change of mind which if I had not, I wouldn't have made this intriguing observation. I watched as the two organisms entered back into the hole. I forgot them then and looked away.
Then came the exodus-like movement of many organisms of that same specie trooping out of the hole and moving in different directions. They made a very surprising network, and they more they came out the wider the network gets. Then, I realized that the other two came out in a sacrificial manner to check out for predators. I asked myself, "WHAT IF THEY HAD DIED FOR OTHERS"?
As they were making the network wider, I wondered what could make them behave in such manner. It then struck my mind that it could be a search party searching for food.
I became interested in their nature, I brought a crumb of bread, and I gummed it to the floor. I did so to know whether they can take the food. One of them touched the bread crumb and started moving back with a faster speed. As it is moving back, it is jamming momentarily with others. The organism that it jammed with will then head towards the direction of the food with a high velocity. Before I could know what was happening, the network has turned into a straight line leading to the food particle. I wondered, "DO THEY TALK"?
They all gathered round the food and I was laughing to myself that they cant take the food. They stayed there for 2 hours, still they continued struggling. I then kept another crumb for them out of pity. They touched it, dragged and pulled it into their hole. I thought they would leave the food with the gum, but to my outmost surprise, they didn't. I taught, "DO THEY EVER GIVE UP"?
I left them because I hadn't the patience to watch the struggle. After about 6 hours, I checked them again, and lo and behold, they were carrying the crumb of bread triumphantly into their hole.
I was marveled, I had many questions on my mind disturbing me as I went to sleep that night. After thinking for sometime about them, I came to the conclusion that they are the best of the best of organisms.
They; can sacrifice for others, never quit, are strugglers and have faith, don't need to talk to pass a message across i.e. they are intelligent and can read body language.
As I reasoned these things, I realized that human beings have a lot to learn from this organisms.
IF ONLY WE CAN BE PATIENT,
IF ONLY WE CAN CO-OPERATE,
IF ONLY WE CAN SACRIFICE FOR OTHERS,
IF ONLY WE CAN BE UNITED,
The whole large world will be a better place.....
DO YOU KNOW THESE ORGANISMS?