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It's funny. I've been watching that live cam in the desert, where they dropped some seed pods next to a small source of water. The gembock are usually there, eating whatever they find there.

They normally go in turns. One eats, the rest wait their turn. Sometimes another one tries to join in and eat while another one is eating. Normally they clash their horns a little bit and the other one goes away and waits for it's turn. But sometimes they just reach an agreement and eat together.

Other species, like ostriches or warthogs try to join in once in a while. They normally wait for the gembock to finish, and then slowly approach the water source to drink. The gembock don't usually mind, as long as they don't get too close to them. If not, they have to wait for their turn as well.

And it's funny because, even if it's inefficient (they are wild animals after all), they have some kind of peace. It's not perfect, there are still some small clashes now and then, but it's better than how humans deal with this kind of situation.

If humans were to live like this (again), a group of humans would seize all the pods and water for themselves. Anything trying to approach those resources would be thrown in jail or killed, or used for food or resources. And there would be this group of humans going to war with the one with the resources, to gather them for themselves.

This is literally how we live rn.