Ants offer special advantages for some important kinds of basic biological research. The colony is a superorganism.
BERT HOLLDOBLERIf ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.
More Bert Holldobler Quotes
-
-
If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.
BERT HOLLDOBLER -
It can be analyzed as a coherent unit and compared with the organism in the design of experiments, with the individuals treated as the rough analogues of cells.
BERT HOLLDOBLER -
We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play.
BERT HOLLDOBLER -
The foreign policy aim of ants can be summed up as follows: restless aggression, territorial conquest, and genocidal annihilation of neighboring colonies whenever possible. If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.
BERT HOLLDOBLER