myrmepropagandist on Nostr: Most fanciful ant adventure stories shrink the humans down to ant size. I prefer to ...

Most fanciful ant adventure stories shrink the humans down to ant size. I prefer to scale the ants up to human size.

I think it presents fewer problems, and better explains the increased intelligence of the ants. Ants are among the most intelligent of insects even before you account for the complex decisions made on the colony-level. Nest site selection (when a mature colony moves) is very sophisticated.

I love the cover image on "Through the ant hill" --all summertime, and child-like wonder