12 October 2010

Staggering Happiness

There is a rumour... (Actually, no, there isn't. But there could be. And perhaps soon will be, if people read out this blog to each other in a mumbling voices.) Anyhow...

There is a rumour that a team of zoologists from the university of Cuxhaven have found a new species of cockroach in South Eastern Sawarak on the border to Indonesia. The exterior aspect of the cockroach is somewhat unusual, but what is stunning is its mind.

Several tests of the hormones in this tiny animal, showed that it was the happiest thing ever identified. The structure and concentration of the chemicals showed that it was far happier than even a grown up human can ever aspire to become. It was happier than a winning football team and even happier than hundreds of dolphins playing with red plastic balls.

Naturally, the researchers felt bad about destroying such intense happiness, and none of them wanted to harm the cockroach in any way. Consequently, the cockroach gained the privilege to walk around in their morning cherry jam and eat as much as it wanted.

This is the first known example of an animal having developed a call for envy and compassion as self defence.