failure by design

a beetle was crawling on the desk a while ago and nearly crawled onto my leg had i not seen it and dodged quickly. a few seconds later, i heard a 'click' and saw the beetle had fallen off the desk onto the floor and was stuck upside-down on its back.

now almost 5 minutes later, it's still upside down, legs kicking about aimlessly trying to right itself. it made me a little surprised that after millions of years of evolution, it still haven't figured out a way to get out of this position.

it reminds me of some of the robots i saw on robot wars some years back. they were so strong and deadly, but once they got flipped over, it was the end. but that was a few years of work by their creators at most. this is a million years.

it's still struggling now. i wonder if i should help it out or just let my cat spot it and finish the job. if i helped it, would i be disrupting the path of evolution? one less helpless beetle could be all it takes to make a difference in the grand scheme of things.