It seems clear that they take the concept of "species" (which scientifically is a fuzzy concept, and where each "species" is without any inherent goals as far a

It seems clear that they take the concept of "species" (which scientifically is a fuzzy concept, and where each "species" is without any inherent goals as far as we can tell) and transpose it onto a much simpler concept, which can have goals much like individuals (hence the orange).