[lbo-talk] Insect Imperialism! ;>

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 26 17:54:30 PDT 2005


Chris Doss wrote:


> SLAVERY
> A biological, not a cultural trait, that is
> wide-spread among ants. Most ant battles you see are
> actually slave raids. Ant slavery is unique because
> ant slavery is usually between species, unlike human
> slavery.

Well, humans do make "slaves" of other species -- cows, horses, etc. I've always found reading about ant societies pretty fascinating.

-B.



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