We caught it near Runcorn. Poor thing, it didn’t look as if it had eaten in weeks.
Strange, ugly looking creature.
They used to be plentiful and roam the lands around here.
But they had been hunted for sport.
Many regarded them as a pest, like vermin.
Reproduction has also been a problem for this species.
Now their numbers have dwindled to under ten thousand.
At least this one is safe.
It will be taken to a sanctuary near New Wigan.
At the sanctuary they recreate the conditions that these creatures used to thrive in. There are separate zones for fields, forests, deserts, villages, towns and cities. It's even got a caravan site zone. Each zone is domed and kept separate as we try not to put too many of these creatures in one area.
We have found they are quite an aggressive species and likely to start lashing out if they are too close together. Males in particular can start displaying their muscles and challenge other males to fight. They do that quite a lot.
We are still hoping for the first birth in captivity.
Their mating is disgusting and messy to watch. Not as quick or hygienic like us. No wonder their numbers have dwindled.
Maybe the crowds of visitors watching have something to do with it.
Each day tens of thousands of customers come along to gawk , shout and bang on the dome.
This drives the creatures silly and they run up to the dome bumping into it.
Some ignore the notices around telling them not to feed the Homo-Sapiens.
Their diet seems to consist of bread, sugar, pasties, burgers, fries, donuts and other disgusting items.
How they managed to survive this long as a species is anyone’s guess.
These days a new species rules the Earth and the Homo-Sapiens are going the same way as the Neandrethals.
The present and the future belong to us, the Homo-Splendidus.
We are splendidus in every way, getting more splendidus every day.
Watching those strange creatures with strange ways, and strange sounds sometimes makes you wonder what the stupid Sapiens are saying.
Did you hear what they’re saying, that splendid lot out there?
They’re splendid alright. Fitter, taller, stronger, cleverer and faster. You could smell their self satisfied smugness a mile away.
They caught me near Runcorn, that much is true.
This “sanctuary “ is supposed to be better for the remnants of mere Homo Sapiens like us.
The Splendids call it a sanctuary, but it is more like a prison. I am not free to come and go as I please or eat the food that I would choose.
They took me from freedom and placed me in this strange place. How can I call it home?
They call us names. “Silly, stupid, savage, wild, bad, evil, stubborn.”
They like to think themselves as cleverer than us, but they are not as clever as they like to think. We can learn their language but they haven’t learnt ours. I think they could, but they think it's beneath them. If you ask me that's an ignorant attitude to have.
Every day thousands of these splendids come to watch us. Honestly I find it difficult to eat or go to the toilet with all their eyes peering at me. It's also playing havoc with my sex drive. To be honest it's very off-putting trying to get aroused and keep your focus on making love when all around these splendid ones are screaming, cheering, whooping and banging on the glass.
They have a cheek calling us silly. You should see the idiotic faces the Splendids pull when they are banging the glass.
And I don't really like the mate they put in with, I much prefer a female who is in the other dome.
My grandmother told me of a distant time when Spendids didn’t exist and we Sapiens ruled the Earth. She said she had heard there were once billions of Sapiens who lived on this planet.
Hard to believe now there are fewer than ten thousand of us left.
I often hear arrogant Splendids saying to each other “I wonder what these stupid creatures would say if they could speak properly?”
I’d say to them,
“Let me go and leave me alone.”
But if that's not possible, then I’d tell them,
“At least put me in the other dome with the hot female!”
Simon Collinson is a writer from England. He seeks solitude and shadow.
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