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Myrmecology Dies in Darkness
Month: August 2019
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The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This interview with Dr. Jeff Sebo is the 68th contribution in the series. Dr. Jeff Sebo sat down with The Daily Ant to discuss animal agency and moral status, Dr. Sebo’s pet dog Smoky, our pet ant…
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The Daily Ant maintains “Formicid Form”, a Sunday ant poetry series. When possible, our Verse Correspondant, Natalia Piland, provides a short commentary at the end of each poem. Enjoy! Falling in the Presence of Ants (1982) By Gary Soto We live to some purpose, daughter. Across the park, among The trees that give the eye Something…
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We told you to stay tuned, and we weren’t lying! Comic Correspondant Matt Hernandez brings us a fifth ant comic by Poorly Drawn Lines, this time with the whimsical title “One Little Ant“: Is this the final PDL ant comic? You better best believe it’s NOT!
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Many thanks to Worker Correspondant Jason Bates, who sent us this video by the BBC, which could also be called “Until the cows come home”:
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There is perhaps no tale as ancient as the tale of a human hell-bent on keeping ants out of their home. It’s no surprise that we chose to launch this outlet, over two and a half years ago, with a treatise in defense of house ants. Surely no one, by now, is shocked at the…
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The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This interview with Dr. Vida Yao is the 67th contribution in the series. Dr. Vida Yao sat down with The Daily Ant to discuss graciousness, implicit bias, boredom, ant puns, and more. Enjoy! Dr. Vida Yao is Assistant…
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Continuing the long, lovely, storied history of ant comics by Poorly Drawn Lines, here is a playful comic, “Blocked“, from about 6 months ago (and trust us… it won’t be the last PDL ant comic – stay tuned): Of course, as is so often the case, we have our antrepid Comic Correspondant Matt Hernandez to…
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It should come as a surprise to no one – vertebrate or invertebrate – that a song (mostly) about an ant won a 1959 Oscar for Best Original Song. That song, “High Hopes“, is a charming ditty, as you can see and hear in the embedded video, below. The most antspirational lyrics are as follows:…
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This is… a wonderful animation about army ants. A retweet by myrmecologist Dr. Adrian Smith brought the video to our attention, so we’ll be one of the only ones to say it this week: Thank you, Twitter! Watch “The World War of the Ants – The Army Ant”, by Kurzgesagt, now:
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The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the sixty-sixth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Eric Wiland. Colonies and the Common Weal Some ant colonies thrive. Others don’t. In many cases, myrmecologists can tell us what it is for one or the other…
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