Bert Holldobler Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By 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
Ants offer special advantages for some important kinds of basic biological research. The colony is a superorganism. 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