# RKS: BUGS LOVE THEIR LIFE (II) - Bugs Also Need To Defend Themselves! (For Heaven's Sake)
# RKS: BUGS LOVE THEIR LIFE (II) BUGS ALSO NEED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES! (FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE) RKS / 2024-2025 / Ser 6 / Blog 4 1st January 2025 BUGS vs DRs. IS A GAME OF CHESS UNDERSTANDING THE DEFENCE MECHANISMS OF BUGS Dear Reader, Self-preservation is a behavior or set of behaviors that ensures the survival of an organism. It is thought to be the universal norm among all living organisms including bugs. In fact, an organism's fitness is measured by its ability to pass on its genes. Another survival phenomenon has also been noticed in animals and humans (tribes, society, etc.) and that is cooperative survival. This is also the current trait amongst bugs resulting in emergence of the era of 'superbugs'. It is indeed interesting to decipher the mechanisms of how bugs become resistant to antibiotics and how the same is relevant, or even critical, from human health perspective. BACTERIAL RESISTANCE Bacterial resistance means the ability of bugs to withstand the effect o...