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Best books about ants

Started By ANTdrew , Nov 19 2018 12:30 PM

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#21 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 7:06 AM

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Are these like actual books about ants or are they adventure type things were its not real or something?

actually interesting books on ants. not like something ANTdrew would read to his human larvae.

 

Antdrew would be tired of me being in his class if school was actually in last year and i was near that school :lol:  :lol:


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#22 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted October 2 2020 - 7:54 AM

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I wonder if ANTdrew picks favorite students?


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#23 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 2 2020 - 7:55 AM

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i wonder if he assigned ant books for his students to read?


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#24 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 7:57 AM

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I wonder if he has ants in his class?


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#25 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 2 2020 - 7:57 AM

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Negative to all questions above. LOL


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#26 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 2 2020 - 7:59 AM

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Negative to all questions above. LOL

man. not a class pet?


Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#27 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 8:02 AM

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Yea you could at least have a couple salamanders that die because the kid that feeds it forgot to.


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#28 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 2 2020 - 8:09 AM

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Yea you could at least have a couple salamanders that die because the kid that feeds it forgot to.

classic example.


but hey, the kid learns something.


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#29 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 8:13 AM

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Yea you could at least have a couple salamanders that die because the kid that feeds it forgot to.

classic example.


but hey, the kid learns something.

 

That he will die if he doesnt eat and that he is very irresponsible and just killed a prized pet?  that's a pretty good life lesson to me ( very much sarcasm )


Edited by KitsAntVa, October 2 2020 - 8:14 AM.

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#30 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 2 2020 - 8:32 AM

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Yea you could at least have a couple salamanders that die because the kid that feeds it forgot to.

classic example.


but hey, the kid learns something.

 

That he will die if he doesnt eat and that he is very irresponsible and just killed a prized pet?  that's a pretty good life lesson to me ( very much sarcasm )

 

well, i would learn from it. maybe not everyone. i have learned from the ants i have killed.


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#31 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 9:43 AM

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Yea i guess so because you learn what not to do next time.


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#32 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 2 2020 - 2:28 PM

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Yea i guess so because you learn what not to do next time.

poor ants. i wish i had known how to keep them.


Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#33 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 2:30 PM

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We just took over Drew’s thread by talking about what we think his school is like :)
Very nice
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#34 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 2 2020 - 2:32 PM

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We just took over Drew’s thread by talking about what we think his school is like :)
Very nice

sorry drew! (hopefully we didn't cause to much havoc... :X )


Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

My Nationwide Ant Shop Here I have PPQ-526 permits to ship ants nationwide

Attention Ant-Keepers in South Dakota! Join the SoDak(Society Of Dakotan Ant Keepers)

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#35 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 2:35 PM

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Back to books to I just remembered I actually don’t have English class until next semester so I guess I might as well follow this for now.
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#36 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 2:36 PM

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Have you guys read the lives of ants? Because I know I haven’t.
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#37 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 2 2020 - 3:48 PM

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"The ants" has to be my favorite book. It may be expensive, but its basically the myrmecology bible.
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#38 Offline M_Ants - Posted October 2 2020 - 3:55 PM

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That is one expensive book!


Edited by M_Ants, October 2 2020 - 3:56 PM.

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#39 Offline Domagoj - Posted October 3 2020 - 1:24 PM

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Speaking of "The Ants", has anybody read the other book of the same title? Well, in French it's Les Fourmis, English translation is Empire of the Ants, written by Bernard Werber. This one is fiction (sciency fictiony) and if my memory serves me (and it may well not be the case, since it's been at least 25 years since I've read it) it's a decent casual read, but may be unpalatable to those that are more knowledgable and seek scientific accuracy.

#40 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 3 2020 - 1:31 PM

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Neat! I’ll need to look into that. I’m also going to look into library copies of EO Wilson’s The Ants. Interlibrary loans may be stopped now due to the pandemic, though.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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