Territorial Aggression

Random thought of the day – If dogs are constantly marking their territory, what would the world look like if I had a black light that could only see canine urine?

My initial thought would be that most of the outside/natural world would be blanketed in a wide area of yellow/white or whatever colour urine shows up as through a black light. Then I began to wonder, does anyone actually use a black light to find all those pet urine stains and scrub it out? If so I imagine much of the inside world would be scrubbed down and relatively “unmarked”.

But then I got to wondering some more, who in the right mind has the time or dedication to scrub down the outside world? Street corners, parks, and other places seem like they would be perpetually marked, and so I don’t see any point for someone to purge them of urine.

 That’s basically what I think it would look like. If you’re wondering, it’s not to scale. The point I’m trying to make is that we live in a urine filled world, and animals are constantly marking their territory. It seems the only major difference between humans and animals in that sense, is that we mark our territory with flags and borderlines, instead of urine soaked streets and landmarks. But what if territories were that easy to determine? To think that you could simply pee on a street corner and create a line with your bodily fluids and call it your territory. I imagine the more your empire expands, the more maintenance and fluids it would require. At a certain point, warlords would emerge from all the “sword fighting” and the strongest would rule over others, forcing them to mark territories in their name and claim it as their own. Kingdoms would emerge until urine borders settled and a lasting peace is achieved.

Sure the occasional brave young soldier would try and help his sovereign feline/canine claim a bit of extra territory in the hopes of garnering favour, but ultimately he would be disposed of before he could finish his business. This is all assuming that the animals in question are capable of organizing. Based on what I’ve seen, certain animals would excel much more at this than others. I think cats would have a much harder time organizing and rallying together than dogs. The cat population would become splintered and a large faction of small, independent houses, none of which are organized enough to grow. Dogs on the other hand would have more potential, if their penchant for loyalty and obedience can be properly channeled into creating a united front, quashing any small cat rebellions that emerge throughout the lands.

Another thought that comes to mind is, if someone encroaches on our territory, how do we know where to find them to confront them? Would the urine be like a snowflake where everyone’s is unique and we can easily distinguish between them? Are they all different shades of yellow? Like fifty shades of urine? The more I think about it, the more I spiral down the rabbit hole that is urology.

But that’s all just a thought.