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Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labor, exchange information ceaselessly.

Source: The Lives of a Cell, Viking 74
-- Lewis Thomas, (Nov 25 1913-1993), English biologist, essayist; He translated the intricate mysteries of the Earth's biology into a series of finely crafted, award-winning essays.

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