THE BRAIN OF AN ANT.
: All living things are wonderful. When the great naturalist Darwin was asked what was the most wonderful atom in existence he said " The brain of an ant;" although no bigger than a pin's head. It i that seems doubtful we may look at an ant hill on a warm, summer day, and watch the ants working together. Some of them arc set apart to get food ; others to fight: and there are officers and private soldiers in their armies, and even nurses for the wounded. If we watch them for a little while we shall agree that the brain of an ant is. a marvellous thing. But when we read about bees and spiders we find them almost as wonderful. More thrilling than any fairy stories are the life histories of these tiny creatures. But there is something which we cannot, forget. What a wonderful being is man, who has studied and found out all these secrets! —From Jack Gordon, D.M.8.G., Bor Street, Raglan (aged 14).
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20520, 22 March 1930, Page 4 (Supplement)
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