Dave and Jean sat and watched a documentry about the birthing process of various animals, namely Shark, Kangaroo, a type of Wasp and the Emperor Penguin.
The female Shark is brutally gang raped by a bunch of males, several of which can all result in pregnancy. In some types of Shark, survival of the fittest begins before birth. The strongest baby will kill and eat the other babies inside the womb. Seriously.
The Kangaroo is an odd little animal. Long before the baby is ready to be born, when it is still just a red little thing with two tiny arms and no legs, it crawls out of one of it's mum's holes, across the fur and into another, where it stays nice and safe in the pouch. When it's finally developed better, it will start it's life by popping in and out of it's mum for a few weeks.
The Wasp is incredibly evil. It injects it's kids into a catipillar, along with it's own unique virus, which basically takes over the catipillar's mind and body. The catipillar can no longer reproduce and lives only to serve it's new hosts. It's eats and eats and eats to provide the needed nutrients. When the kids are ready, they eat they're way out of the catipillar, but he doesn't die straight away. The final insult to him is that the virus effects it's brain so that it protects these things that have just ripped him apart as if they were his own kids, until he dies and they are big enough to fend for themselves.
The Penguin is simply incredible. They are the ultimate in selflessness. After the egg is produced, the male looks after it while the female goes to hunt. The males are willing to go without food for months with the egg balanced on their feet to keep it warm. As a group, the penguins huddle together and take turns as to who should be on the cold outside of the group. They all work perfectly and peacefully together for the greater good.
Dave couldn't help but wonder what the world would be like if humanity had evolved from Penguin instead of Monkey. If our vast knowledge and abilities were all combined freely for the benefit of all, rather than the personal satisfaction of the few.
Maybe after we've destroyed ourselves, the Penguin Empire, led peacefully by the Emperor Penguin, will put right what once went wrong.
(Hi Penguins. By the time u read this I will be gone. Assuming ur advanced enough to bring people back, I voted for u guys first. I'll be a good Monkey, I promise.)
