Recently I've been watching the documentary series "Life in the Undergrowth" and marvelled at how amazing nature works. I'm awfully impressed with this production. Together with the captivating narration and an interesting storyline especially the courtship process, the series never fail to offer surprises and sometimes, it simply takes my breath away, revealing the enchanting realms of nature... Definitely a 200% effort production.
Indeed, nature has its own way of ensuring survival. I was particularly intrigued by the Mayflies. If I remember correctly, they live in the water for a year or so during their immature stage. When they reach adulthood, their primary function is reproduction. They have a very short adult lifespan...only a couple of hours to a day or 2 depending on the species. There were some which can live up to 14 days. This specie that they featured have no mouths to feed and they depend on whatever energy that's left in them to try to mate. Once their job is done, they die off eventually.
What struck me was that no matter how short their lifespan was, they live it to the fullest. They did what they are meant to do - to ensure survival. Perhaps unlike us, they have no other distractions, no goals, no desires and perhaps, that IS their life, that is what they are here for. To ensure the continuity of their species. As for us, the humans, we have too many other things to be concerned with. Even for spiders, knowing that their life is at stake after mating with the female spidies, they went ahead. It sounds or even looks cruel when I saw how the female spider attack the poor fella after he had deposited his sperms into her. But that's life and it's how nature works.
And speaking of cruelty, I bet nothing can beat the human species. We eat anything, we even eat them while they're still alive. Some of us eat not for survival but for the taste and sometimes, for the kick of it. We defy nature's law. To satisfy our wants (not needs) we mass produce the unethical way. Supply still not enough? Hey, some of our fellow commrades have become so 'innovative' that they can even 'create' food from cardboards...speaking of creativity.
As you can see, we have too many other things to be concerned with. To ensure the continuity of our species, well that's the governement's job. We have to keep up with the fast pace of life, we have to be constantly upgrading ourselves and be no. 1, we have to ensure OUR own survival...the list goes on. Too many things, too little time...let alone to produce a next generation that have to follow the life path that some of us didn't quite really enjoy the journey most of the time...
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