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A brief but engaging look at the fascinating world of ants.In Ants, researcher Joachim Offenberg encourages us to take a closer look at the ant: a small insect, but mighty in number and evolutionary sophistication. Exhibiting highly advanced social structures, the ability to control and manipulate other organisms, and the use of medicinal substances and tools, ants are more like humans than we might think. Like humankind, ants have multiplied on every continent on the globe, except Antarctica. Follow along as Offenberg delves into the complex world of ants: the architecture they build, the exciting societies in which they live, and the clever methods they use to survive.In Reflections, a series copublished with Denmark's Aarhus University Press, scholars deliver 60-page reflections on key concepts. These books present unique insights on a wide range of topics that entertain and enlighten readers with exciting discoveries and new perspectives.

De er berygtede for deres flid og erobringstrang. De har husdyr, kemiske vaben og avanceret landbrug. Menneskene? Nej, myrerne Joachim Offenberg, forsker ved Aarhus Universitet, beretter om det smakryb, som end ikke hans barske onkel Preben - der forsogte at brAende dem i helvedes flammer - kan fa bugt med. Ifolge Preben fortjener de ilden IsAer nar de kannibaliserer, tager slaver og undergraver vores terrasser. Men vi burde dog i stedet domesticere dem og dermed samarbejde med 1/4 af verdens animalske biomasse. Sa bered dig pa at blive myrmekofil Myrer er del af serien 'TAenkepauser', der lanceres i samarbejde med DR, Jyllands-Posten, Litteratursiden.dk og bibliotekerne.

Famed for its industriousness and its urge to conquer, this race practises farming and uses chemical weapons. Humans? No, ants! Joachim Offenberg, a myrmecophile researcher at Aarhus University, shares fascinating facts about these tiny creatures so stealthy and stalwart they even endured a ruthless onslaught from his Uncle Preben, who thinks these cannibals, slave drivers and infiltrators of our homes and gardens deserve no better. But why not domesticate ants and join forces with one fourth of the planet s animal biomass? Prepare to befriend a formidable foe.