The ablest are the fittest

The Ancients taught us that Nature has strict unwritten laws. Survival of the fittest may not be the kindest rule, but the fittest are also the ablest. But it ensures the wellbeing of the species. Kindly note that “fittest” here does not mean the strongest. The law of the jungle teaches that sagacity, speed, adaptation, camouflage, power as well as many other qualities combine in the case of species that survive. Elephants use their prodigious clan memory to locate the best water sources. The cheetah outruns the swiftest deer to kill it and eat. Monkeys use a near human cognition to survive rather than become extinct, no little thanks to human research on these cousins of theirs. Camouflage is what makes carnivores such successful hunters. Again, elephants use their sheer power to forage f