Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions / Mark W. Moffett.
Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, ""the Indiana Jones of entomology,"" takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, Californi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, ""the Indiana Jones of entomology,"" takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffett's spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observ. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 electronic recource (280 pages)) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520945417 9780520945418 |
| Language: | English. |