Page 18 - The Miracle of Termites

Community

Organization

among Termites

W hen millions of people live together in one place, prob-

lems are sure to occur.
For examples, problems arise with construction, transportation,
and communication and food sources. Through the years, of course,
many solutions have been devised and been put in place to relieve the
effects of these problems. But none of them has been totally or perma-
nently solved.
Human beings are the only creatures on Earth granted the abili-
ties to think, calculate and draw conclusions. For this reason, it is nat-
ural for us to make plans, to have the foresight to build structures to

make our lives more comfortable and to apply creative solutions to
our various needs. But the fact is, some creatures can do the same
things even better than human beings can—which is indeed cause for
consideration! These creatures have no intelligence or consciousness
and sometimes they do not even have a brain; yet, they erect structures
and establish organizations comparable—and in many ways superi-
or—to any that human beings can create. Surely this, too, is food for

thought!