There was quite a stir in early 2014 when NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover produced a picture of something on the surface of the red planet that looked very much like a jelly donut. A representative of the project seemed stunned by the picture:
There was quite a stir in early 2014 when NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover produced a picture of something on the surface of the red planet that looked very much like a jelly donut. A representative of the project seemed stunned by the picture: “This is certainly strange. It’s a mystery to us.”
And that is where things stayed until late in the 21st century when a manned rocket first landed on Mars. In their subsequent extended explorations of the planet, scientists determined that the odd-shaped object was indeed what it appeared to be in that mysterious picture – a fossilized jelly donut. Even more amazing was that this artifact turned out to be a long extinct life form. Mars had in fact, once been inhabited by a mighty and sophisticated race of donuts.
A startled world listened as the expedition’s leader spoke about the historic find. “I don’t need to tell you what this means,” he said gravely. “Clearly we have not been alone in the universe.” Holding up a specimen donut, he continued, “We’ve classified this particular example as Donuticus Rollectus, based on its obvious method of moving around. It seems at one time to have been the dominant species of its type on Mars. The make-up of the creature was carbon-based, definitely organic. It is not a life form as we would have imagined but still, it was intelligent life.”
As additional scientists were transported to Mars, more revelations about the planet’s past emerged. Mars at one time had an atmosphere, not quite what is found on Earth, but a warm, floury aura that nonetheless could sustain life. Over eons of time, cognitive beings emerged. They took the form of donuts.
“We’ve determined that there was clearly a single common ancestor, probably some kind of deep-fried cake that eventually moved out of the hot volcanic pools that were part of the planet’s formation,”