The Life and Times of the Ant (U)

not Mighty In Size, But Mighty In Resourcefulness And Industry, The Ant Has Crawled The Earth Since Prehistoric Times. It Has Dwelt In Rainforest Tree Trunks And Acorns Of Oak Trees, Beneath Logs, And Under Sidewalks. It Has Protected Forests By Capturing Insects, Cleared Weeds Away From Acacia Trees, And By Growing Gardens Has Released Important Nutrients Into The Soil. Seed Lifters, Dirt Diggers, Social Beings, Ants Have The Most Advanced Brain Of All Insects! So Watch Where You Step, Especially On A Warm Day A Small But Mighty Ant May Be Underfoot.the New York Timescharles Micucci's Latest Nonfiction Book, the Life And Times Of The Ant, Slices Open An Anthill For The Reader, Spilling Out Armies Of Ant Facts. Micucci, The Author And Illustrator Of Several Close-ups Of Natural Life, Including the Life And Times Of The Honeybee, Knows How To Grab His Audience. He Links Two Of Childhood's Consuming Interests, Dinosaurs And Insects, With An Arresting Fact: Ants Were Tunneling Under Dinosaurs 100 Million Years Ago. Dinosaurs Perished. Now Ants Tunnel Under Us. connie Fletcher