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 Journey To The Ants - Bert Holldobler
 Journey To The Ants - Bert Holldobler ... combines autobiography and scientific lore to what study of ants can offer. Bert Holldobler and E.O. Wilson interweave their personal adventures with the social lives of ants, building, from the first minute observations of childhood, an account of these abundant insects' evolutionary achievement.Newest Review: ... the book - Bert Holldobler and Edward Wilson - have studied ants for a long time, and their experience really shows here as ... more ... they bring the subject to life. Journey to the Ants brings fascinating detail on ants of many varieties - from weaver ants who sew leaves together with their larvae to honeypot ants who use workers as living larders to store food for times of famine. Far from being simple creatures, ants have many complexities that most people never get to understand, and these are all detailed here.
Although children are often interested in ants, I should note here that this is not a children's book - the language is likely to leave...more |
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Journey To The Ants - Bert Holldobler: Ants In Your Pants? (283 words)
by - written on 29/04/08 (Very useful, 18 readings)
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Like any other obsession, it is important when discussing insect books to know which books are interesting to everyone, and which will only be of interest to the small geekish community that researches the subject a great deal. Journey to the Ants, I am happy to report, is one of the former. The two gentlemen who wrote the book - Bert Holldobler and Edward Wilson - have studied ants for a long time, and their experience really shows here as they bring the subject to life. Journey to the Ants brings fascinating detail on ants of many varieties - from weaver ants who sew leaves together with their larvae to honeypot ants who use workers as living larders to ... Read the complete review
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