Weird News: The Global Ant Colony
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Man routinely finds the idea of other intelligences capable of challenging (or emulating) him equally loathsome and fascinating. Just look at the prevalence of horror and sci-fi in today's culture for proof. Insects and insect-like things , which can regularly seem both humanoid and unlike any other creature on this earth, have a long tradition of popping up in the weird genre and elsewhere as mysterious rivals to human intelligence. This is why it's hardly surprising to find the ingenious imperialism of the ant colony discussed below. They may not threaten our own species any time soon, but their uncanny spread is certainly impressive and unusual...
