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LAST WORDS

ants, living nest, ant behavior, army ants, barro colorado island, panama, christian ziegler, minden pictures, ant bivoac, ants working together

After weeks of munching through the jungle, army ants on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, lock claws to build a living nest, where their queen will lay up to 300,000 eggs within a few days. | Christian Ziegler/Minden Pictures

"Even the most minute of them have an instinct and talent for industry, social organization, and savagery that makes man look feeble by comparison."
-- from the 1954 movie Them!

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