It's not surprising to see and find someone stronger
overpowering over the weak ones. That's nature and it's been like that since
the very Stone Age from which Homo
sapiens have got through to this modern era and it just seems magical
as there were many other fit creatures back then. We were just mere humans with
the capacity to think logically somehow. As of now, human beings are the
absolute predators and for us to be at the top of the food chain, it was not
easy. There were many challenges that humans endured. They were challenged by
the wild and naturally gifted carnivores, unknown diseases which could wipe out
the whole human race and even by the nature itself during the harsh ice age
that lasted for millions of years.
Let's expect a scenario where a new creature arise and they
become way more rational, logical and smarter than us humans. The result could
be something that fits the concept of the "survival of the fittest". They
would certainly overpower us because it's just the law that fits in the nature
or at least we can expect it that way. Let's assume that a type of parasite was
to appear on the earth from the outer space through meteorites or any sorts of
matter and if it was to take over a human body to survive and needs to consume
human flesh on a daily basis, it would make them more powerful opponent for
human beings or rather they would be a predator to us. Human beings prey on
animals for meat and daily commodities like clothes. It'd not be surprising for
a predator of humans to prey on us and before they realize that humans too have
important role in ecosystem, it would be too late as the loss of humans could
have reached millions or maybe even billions.
Some of us do not like to prey on animals and are vegetarian
by choice and it is just okay because we can still survive but if we were to
find a predator whose life depended on the flesh of the human beings, it would
be a different story. There is highly unlikely chance that they would not prey
on human beings as they would not have much options. If the luxury of these
predators were to be similar to that of human beings then it would not be a
surprise to find a parcel that says "human inside" labelled with
kilograms, details of the nutrition and date of expiry with discount offers.
The children of these predators would hop around saying "We got another
one" after receiving the parcel. I'd do that if I were to be that kid. And
it would not sound crazy to me as it sounds to me now as a human. Let's again
suppose that these predators developed a concept of "mutual co-operation
and living" way sooner than the human beings came up with. It would still
be ineffective because we too have yet to not prey on animals. It could also
take decades if not millennia for our predators to overcome their need of
preying on humans. And if by any chance, our predators were not able to evolve
around that time, their only option would be to mass produce human beings just
for the sole purpose of their meal as we do now for satisfying our hunger with
animal meat.
If our predators truly understood the importance
of human beings and wanted to co-exist, there could be other options where
human beings could be their meal but in more peaceful and less fearful manner.
A typical option would be to use the vegetative cells for the cloning of human
beings and before the life breathes into that clone, making them
"food" for our predators. Other options could include the possibility
of providing dead human bodies for our predators. The suicidal cases, accidents
and other untimely deaths of human beings could be used as "food" for
the predators. And if these bodies were to be parceled to a community of our
co-existing predators on a daily basis, they would surely say "We got
another one".
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