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4205670The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instincthttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-leafcutter-ants-civilization-by-instinct-9780393340877/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3513309/ce2efc80-058f-4451-a18a-2e4c0d41a04e.jpg?v=638385480918930000264367MXNW. W. Norton & CompanyInStock/Ebooks/<p>From the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of <em>The Ants</em> comes this dynamic and visually spectacular portrait of Earths ultimate superorganism.</p><p><em>The Leafcutter Ants</em> is the most detailed and authoritative description of any ant species ever produced. With a text suitable for both a lay and a scientific audience, the book provides an unforgettable tour of Earths most evolved animal societies. Each colony of leafcutters contains as many as five million workers, all the daughters of a single queen that can live over a decade. A gigantic nest can stretch thirty feet across, rise five feet or more above the ground, and consist of hundreds of chambers that reach twenty-five feet below the ground surface. Indeed, the leafcutters have parlayed their instinctive civilization into a virtual domination of forest, grassland, and croplandfrom Louisiana to Patagonia. Inspired by a section of the authors acclaimed <em>The Superorganism</em>, this brilliantly illustrated work provides the ultimate explanation of what a social order with a half-billion years of animal evolution has achieved.</p>...4141748The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct264367https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-leafcutter-ants-civilization-by-instinct-9780393340877/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3513309/ce2efc80-058f-4451-a18a-2e4c0d41a04e.jpg?v=638385480918930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20109780393340877_W3siaWQiOiI1Y2U4NzUwZC00ODU3LTQ1ODItOWMwZi1hNTY5NTc2YTIwNGYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM2NywiZGlzY291bnQiOjEwMywic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyNjQsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTA3LTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9780393340877_<p>From the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of <em>The Ants</em> comes this dynamic and visually spectacular portrait of Earth's ultimate superorganism.</p><p><em>The Leafcutter Ants</em> is the most detailed and authoritative description of any ant species ever produced. With a text suitable for both a lay and a scientific audience, the book provides an unforgettable tour of Earth's most evolved animal societies. Each colony of leafcutters contains as many as five million workers, all the daughters of a single queen that can live over a decade. A gigantic nest can stretch thirty feet across, rise five feet or more above the ground, and consist of hundreds of chambers that reach twenty-five feet below the ground surface. Indeed, the leafcutters have parlayed their instinctive civilization into a virtual domination of forest, grassland, and cropland—from Louisiana to Patagonia. Inspired by a section of the authors' acclaimed <em>The Superorganism</em>, this brilliantly illustrated work provides the ultimate explanation of what a social order with a half-billion years of animal evolution has achieved.</p>(*_*)9780393340877_<p>From the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of <em>The Ants</em> comes this dynamic and visually spectacular portrait of Earths ultimate superorganism.</p><p><em>The Leafcutter Ants</em> is the most detailed and authoritative description of any ant species ever produced. With a text suitable for both a lay and a scientific audience, the book provides an unforgettable tour of Earths most evolved animal societies. Each colony of leafcutters contains as many as five million workers, all the daughters of a single queen that can live over a decade. A gigantic nest can stretch thirty feet across, rise five feet or more above the ground, and consist of hundreds of chambers that reach twenty-five feet below the ground surface. Indeed, the leafcutters have parlayed their instinctive civilization into a virtual domination of forest, grassland, and croplandfrom Louisiana to Patagonia. Inspired by a section of the authors acclaimed <em>The Superorganism</em>, this brilliantly illustrated work provides the ultimate explanation of what a social order with a half-billion years of animal evolution has achieved.</p>...9780393340877_W. W. Norton & Companylibro_electonico_2c164ea1-dc6e-4aa0-b62c-39c6f7b5139b_9780393340877;9780393340877_9780393340877Edward O.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/kobo/b1c5bf29e889883fa42d7ddcbf94f51ffee1c279.epub2010-11-15T00:00:00+00:00W. W. Norton & Company