nerds, nerds, ant nerds
Ok, so it's nerdy as all getout, but I love the story that NPR ran yesterday on E.O. Wilson's research of the scent that ants emit when they die. Maybe it's because of my fifth-grade science experiment, which involved trapping ants from our backyard in quart jars and applying various powders from my chemistry set to see which would kill them, and how fast; or perhaps it's the Monthy Python-esque "I'm not dead yet!" frantic self-cleaning by the live-but-smelling-dead ant of the story. Or perhaps it's just that I have great admiration for a man who sees the greatness of the world in its minutae.
Regardless, it's a very amusing four minutes. Listen here.
Regardless, it's a very amusing four minutes. Listen here.