What is to distinguish us from the industrial ants who build
tunnels and drag their food below the surface for safekeeping?
Why do we think ourselves superior to the clever digger wasp
who makes his home deep into the earth?
I think these obvious thoughts as I approach the subway.
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we are no different – the ant has a purpose and so do we.
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Right.
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Ants and wasps can do it without the aid of tools… While we, humans, can only dig holes aided by our technology. Yes, you are right… why then do humans think of being more superior than ants and wasps? A deep enigmatic question… 🙂
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True.
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Funny, I always feel like I live in an ant farm when I take public transit during rush hour. I look around and see 100s of strange faces, all human. I wonder how ants feel when they look at 100s of other ants?
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I wonder too…
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Well, I for one am glad I don’t have to spend my life scurrying around looking for dead bugs. 🙂
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That is quite true!
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But you do look for their equivalents in the super market all your life long
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Also true.
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Wonderful thoughts and a wonderful poem.
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Thank you.
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always been intrigued by ant behaviour – ant life and society can be as complex as ours – their odourous messages, their policing, their disciplines, their compulsions, their goals, their determination and resolve, their selflessness and their dexterity and abilities – all matters for wonder – their sytems of communication etc etc
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Yes, I find them fascinating also.
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