Bert Holldobler Quotes

Ants offer special advantages for some important kinds of basic biological research. The colony is a superorganism.
BERT HOLLDOBLER

Biological Cells Design Research Special
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

Annihilation Nuclear Terrorist Weapons World
If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.
BERT HOLLDOBLER

Nuclear Weapons Week World
We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play.
BERT HOLLDOBLER

Ants Behavior Insect Play Social
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

Analog Compare Experiments Organism Treated

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