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 c an promise it will work just fine after we are gone too.
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