Strange Cologne | micro-fiction contest by karupanocitizen

"Funny, these specimens are the only ones that kill each other just for the pleasure of killing each other,” said wildlife expert Dur Egur to his chief supervisor.

"Not only that," Dur Cha answered," my observations about this colony indicate to me that sometimes they kill their leaders even if they are doing the right thing, while on other occasions they kill each other just to satisfy the whims of the regent.

"They also have the habit of putting imaginary limits between them and attacking the one who trespasses those limits, so do it in search of food, food or shelter, as if the territory really had an owner," added the supervisor.
Although the mere fact of being together allowed them to exchange their knowledge automatically and naturally, the Bumbark 5 scientists enjoyed trying the same communication techniques used by the communities they studied, in this way they thought, they could compare and determine which communication tool was more effective.

"I have analyzed a couple of specimens in the biological laboratory and I still do not understand clearly the reasons why this breed prefers to use such primitive means to understand itself, being able to use the correct method. They have the same sensory abilities that we do, do not they? Then why do not they use them?"

"You're right Dur Egur, I've also revised his morphology. But he understands that lower species use biological means of communication because they consider it the only viable way to do so, even though they use radio waves or electronic devices, they always do so as an extension of what they call: speech."

"And what they call writing? how to explain that boss," the specialist asked him. "The books go beyond my understanding, why to write on paper what you think if you can transmit it to the collective consciousness immediately? is it that they believe that their means of storing memories are more powerful than our collective consciousness?"

"Sometimes I think we lose time Dur Egur. If it were not for some individuals who really make an effort to transcend, for a long time had already closed the experiment and finished with the entire colony. It is difficult for me to think that they will ever be able to develop as an evolved species, with a unique collective consciousness and be able to work only for the common interest and not for the particularities. In conclusion, I do not think they are a true colony."

"Quiet boss, calm down. We all know the importance of continuing to study the terrestrial colony to learn from their mistakes, although these only serve to help other colonies that can develop as a community". Dur Egur sentenced while giving a loving touch of antennas to his supervisor and turned off the monitoring monitor of the planet earth.