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THE LEAFCUTTER ANTS
CIVILIZATION BY INSTINCT |
| By: |
Bert Holldobler, Edward O. Wilson |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0393338681 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780393338683 |
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| Publisher: |
WW NORTON & CO |
| Pub. date: |
26 October, 2010 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants comes this dynamic and visually spectacular portrait of Earth's ultimate superorganism. |
| Synopsis: |
The Leafcutter Ants is the most detailed and authoritative description of any ant species ever produced. With a text suitable for both a lay and a scientific audience, the book provides an unforgettable tour of Earth's most evolved animal societies. Each colony of leafcutters contains as many as five million workers, all the daughters of a single queen that can live over a decade. A gigantic nest can stretch thirty feet across, rise five feet or more above the ground, and consist of hundreds of chambers that reach twenty-five feet below the ground surface. Indeed, the leafcutters have parlayed their instinctive civilization into a virtual domination of forest, grassland, and cropland-from Louisiana to Patagonia. Inspired by a section of the authors' acclaimed The Superorganism, this brilliantly illustrated work provides the ultimate explanation of what a social order with a half-billion years of animal evolution has achieved. |
| Illustrations: |
Four-color throughout, 56 photographs |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
WW Norton & Co |
| Returns: |
Returnable |