. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. Abidixo Citiics 1S9 liunt. Tlic l">ig red Warrior^ have won ; the littk- yellow Turfites have been repul^^ed and defeated with great slauj^hter. The victors are at present engaged in carrying captured cocoons to their own nests ; tliere the pup;e will hatch out shortly into willing slaves, and, nevei- having known any other condition, will take it for granted that the natural post for small yellow ants is to clean and forage and catch food for big led ones. Our own Warrior Ants aie slave-holders which. NO. 4.—A si
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. Abidixo Citiics 1S9 liunt. Tlic l">ig red Warrior^ have won ; the littk- yellow Turfites have been repul^^ed and defeated with great slauj^hter. The victors are at present engaged in carrying captured cocoons to their own nests ; tliere the pup;e will hatch out shortly into willing slaves, and, nevei- having known any other condition, will take it for granted that the natural post for small yellow ants is to clean and forage and catch food for big led ones. Our own Warrior Ants aie slave-holders which. NO. 4.—A \F,-mNT; 'KROKs < arrvinc; oil iiir. COCOONS OK THK still retain some power of working and acting for themselves ; hut there are other species in which the " peculiar institution " has produced its usual degrading resuli by rendering the slave-owner in- capable and degenerate, a mere lighting do-nothing. Among the Amazon ants, which are very conlirmed slave-makers, Sir John Lubbock found that a great lady, left alone without slaves, in the presence of food, did not even know how to feed herself ; she was positively starving to death in the midst of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. Toronto : W. Briggs
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