If I were an insect
If I were an insect, I would be an ant. Ants are the living examples of a society that has no rules, leaders, or a form of government. In all practicality, they are led by chemicals and pheremones alone, which is emitted by the queen, other ants, and even the offspring. A general idea states that ants are quite complex and efficient, however, ants are not entirely efficient.
One example of this is when ants are given a task of collecting food from a given location. When these ants try to find this food, they will carve out a path that allows them to backtrack and give any other ant a familiar path to follow. However, the ant will do this once with no regard to it's surroundings, and this creates a problem. Instead of going straight down the path, the ant decides to veer off the course and go sideways, straight, and finally to the food source. This is mainly because ants cannot see any of the terrain around it, instead relying upon the direction of the sun, chemicals, and any definitive objects on it's walking path like a rock or a twig.
Another example involves the organizer ant, which chooses which food is suitable for the queen to eat: When worker ants bring the food in, the organizer ant works as the filer. Unfortunately, the organizer ant often refuses some food and decides to throw it outside the nest. This is a waste of effort, both for the worker ant and the entire colony, since the food can be used when Winter comes. Ants are not as productive as we believe, but they still maintain a determination and unrelenting thought process that is bound to complete a task.
Ants, despite some fallacies, have the most beneficially "correct" body structures, conforming perfectly to what they were designed to do. This, taking in the fact that ants have not changed significantly over millions of years, makes ants one of the more fortunate organisms to have walked this earth. If it be defensive purposes or living in harsh weather, ants have millions upon millions of years of survival-insuring genes. Ants have expanded all over the world, dominating forests and invading billions of homes. It's all for the nature of survival, and ants haven't even noticed their worldwide empire.
One example of this is when ants are given a task of collecting food from a given location. When these ants try to find this food, they will carve out a path that allows them to backtrack and give any other ant a familiar path to follow. However, the ant will do this once with no regard to it's surroundings, and this creates a problem. Instead of going straight down the path, the ant decides to veer off the course and go sideways, straight, and finally to the food source. This is mainly because ants cannot see any of the terrain around it, instead relying upon the direction of the sun, chemicals, and any definitive objects on it's walking path like a rock or a twig.
Another example involves the organizer ant, which chooses which food is suitable for the queen to eat: When worker ants bring the food in, the organizer ant works as the filer. Unfortunately, the organizer ant often refuses some food and decides to throw it outside the nest. This is a waste of effort, both for the worker ant and the entire colony, since the food can be used when Winter comes. Ants are not as productive as we believe, but they still maintain a determination and unrelenting thought process that is bound to complete a task.
Ants, despite some fallacies, have the most beneficially "correct" body structures, conforming perfectly to what they were designed to do. This, taking in the fact that ants have not changed significantly over millions of years, makes ants one of the more fortunate organisms to have walked this earth. If it be defensive purposes or living in harsh weather, ants have millions upon millions of years of survival-insuring genes. Ants have expanded all over the world, dominating forests and invading billions of homes. It's all for the nature of survival, and ants haven't even noticed their worldwide empire.
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