Adventures Among Ants : A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions

New, ship fast, delivered in 5-7 days in UK, No PO BOX. Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett,'the Indiana Jones of entomology,'takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffett's spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observe ants in familiar roles; warriors, builders, big-game hunters, and slave owners. We find them creating marketplaces and assembly lines and dealing with issues we think of as uniquely human—including hygiene, recycling, and warfare. Adventures among Ants introduces some of the world's most awe-inspiring species and offers a startling new perspective on the limits of our own perception.• Ants are world-class road builders, handling traffic problems on thoroughfares that dwarf our highway systems in their complexity• Ants with the largest societies often deploy complicated military tactics• Some ants have evolved from hunter-gatherers into farmers, domesticating other insects and growing crops for food Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, the Indiana Jones of entomology, takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffetts spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observe ants in familiar roles; warriors, builders, big-game hunters, and slave owners. We find them creating marketplaces and assembly lines and dealing with issues we think of as uniquely humanincluding hygiene, recycling, and warfare. Adventures among Ants introduces some of the worlds most awe-inspiring species and offers a startling new perspective on the limits of our own perception. Ants are world-class road builders, handling traffic problems on thoroughfares that dwarf our highway systems in their complexity Ants with the largest societies often deploy complicated military tactics Some ants have evolved from hunter-gatherers into farmers, domesticating other insects and growing crops for food In Tales From Nigeria, Indonesia, The Amazon, Australia, California, And Elsewhere, Moffett Recounts His Entomological Exploits And Provides Fascinating Details On How Ants Live And How They Dominate Their Ecosystems Through Strikingly Human Behaviors, Yet At A Different Scale And A Faster Tempo. Strength In Numbers -- The Perfect Swarm -- Division Of Labor -- Infrastructure -- Group Transport -- Big Game Hunters -- Clash Of The Titans -- Notes From Underground -- Canopy Empires -- Fortified Forests -- Negotiating The Physical World -- Slaves Of Sagehen Creek -- Abduction In The Afternoon -- A Fungus Farmer's Life -- The Origins Of Agriculture -- Armies Of The Earth -- The Immortal Society. Mark W. Moffett. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 234-264) And Index. Strength in numbers -- The perfect swarm -- Division of labor -- Infrastructure -- Group transport -- Big game hunters -- Clash of the titans -- Notes from underground -- The canopy empire builder -- Treetop communities -- Negotiating the physical world -- The slaves of Sagehen Creek -- Abduction in the afternoon -- A fungus farmer's life -- The origins of agriculture -- Armies of the earth -- The immortal society