Bibliograph

Secret lives of ants, Jae Choe ; foreword by Jane Goodall ; photographs by Dan Perlman ; translated by Dan Leonard

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Secret lives of ants, Jae Choe ; foreword by Jane Goodall ; photographs by Dan Perlman ; translated by Dan Leonard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Secret lives of ants

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

728656755

Responsibility statement

Jae Choe ; foreword by Jane Goodall ; photographs by Dan Perlman ; translated by Dan Leonard

Table Of Contents

My first journey to the ants -- The economics of ant society. Ants mean business : how the futuristic economics of ants maximizes their returns ; Economies of scale and rational business management : from joint ventures to multinational enterprises ; A 50-million-year tradition of farming : the massive underground mushroom farms of the leaf-cutter ants ; Ant ranchers : masters of dairy farming second only to mankind ; The world's first bodyguards : standing watch for room and board ; The charge of the ant brigade : the terrifying march of the army ants -- The culture of ant society. Talking with the ants : the clever designs of ant communication ; The ants come home : sense of direction and biological clocks ; Ants at work : maids, nannies, laborers, soldiers ; Con artists of the ant world : parasites that have cracked the ants' secret code ; Villains and monsters of the ant world : predators and parasites -- The politics of ant society. No children of their own : females in the service of an Amazon queen ; Conflict in the queendom : divine right of the queen? : or, the will of the masses? ; Political conflict and international alliances : yesterday's comrade, today's enemy ; The foundation myth of the Aztec ant queendom : the queens' battle for the throne ; War and slavery : from full-scale slaughter to bloodless warfare -- To know them is to love them

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