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Author:

Foitzik, Susanne, author.

Title:

Empire of ants : the hidden worlds and extraordinary lives of earth's tiny conquerors / Susanne Foitzik with Olaf Fritsche, translated by Ayça Türkoğlu.

Publisher:

The Experiment,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

327 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Ants.

Other Authors:

Fritsche, Olaf, 1967- author.
Türkoğlu, Ayça, translator.

Other Titles:

Weltmacht auf sechs Beinen English

Notes:

Originally published in Germany as Weltmacht auf sechs Beinen by Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, Hamburg, in 2019. Includes index.

Contents:

Crazy critters. Take me to your leader! -- The birth of a colony -- Effective anarchy -- Communicative sensuality -- Finely tuned navigation -- Savage hordes -- A garden for a city of millions -- A treehouse for the nation -- Milking it: ants and their livestock -- On parasites and slave-makers -- Physician, heal thyself -- The path to world domination -- Crazy critters.

Summary:

Ants number in the ten quadrillions, and they have been here since the Jurassic era. Inside an anthill, youll find high drama worthy of a royal court; and between colonies, high-stakes geopolitical intrigue is afoot. Just like us, ants grow crops, raise livestock, tend their young and infirm, and make vaccines. And, just like us, ants have a dark side: They wage war, despoil environments, and enslave rivals but also rebel against their oppressors.

ISBN:

1615197125
9781615197125

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1221019302

LCCN:

2020047939

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)