Awesomeness of Nature

Admin/ August 12, 2015/ Rants

 

This one should be a given.   Nature is incredible.  Sometimes we spend so much time reflecting on how as a race we can best control this force that we forget to watch this thing that guides our world in action.

Today while at work, I got to watch firsthand in a pretty amazing experience.

It did not start so amazing though.  I was sitting down outside between tasks and felt a brush down by my foot.  I glanced down to find a wasp sitting on my foot.  You may not know this, but I am extremely terrified of these insects.  Frozen with fear, I reflexively brushed the potentially attacking insect to the ground and quickly squashed it before I even realized what I was doing.  I even stomped on it a few times to ensure it was dead.

After catching my breath due to absolute terror, I looked around and waited, preparing for the terrifying situation of the dying insect calling its buddies to attack.  When I understood that I was no longer in danger, I stood up to grab some water.  When I returned, that was when the magic happened.

Nearby, in all its activity lurked an ant colony.  Quickly one of he scouts must have located the now dead wasp.  When I returned, I managed a glance down at the ground where I saw endless black dots as the sugar ants harvested their newest food source.  It was quite humbling to watch as within an hour not a single trace of the wasp.  It had been broken down by the swarm of ants into an edible form and transported to their nearby colony

It now serves as a reminder to me that perhaps instead of trying to tamper with nature, instead we should let it run its natural course.  After all, it worked just fine before Humans existed.  I can promise it will work just fine after we are gone too.

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