Submitted by Dr Radu Popescu for the use of Dr Celva Tanna and other interested parties
Phenomenon: The Romulan army ants -
Formica romulensis - which have been living in the Arboretum on the CSS
Mariposa since before the starship's acquisition by Confederation Starfleet - have begun exhibiting peculiar behaviour. The ants appear to be scavenging oddments of building materials - screws, pieces of plastic, the occasional nail - and taking them into their nests for purposes unknown. The reason for this behaviour is our first question.
The second question is this - why are some of the ants apparently in opposition to this undertaking? Why are they fighting amongst themselves - since they are apparently of the same species? What does this portend?
And finally, is this ant behaviour good or bad for the CSS
Mariposa?
