Another delightful post! As a 4 year old I intervened when my 3 year old sister started stomping on an anthill. I still remember crying for the ants that got mushed.
I like the way you portray your moral quandry in this post.
I lived in Malawi for a couple of years and there were lots of ants! A colony of small ants constantly moved through part of our house, which I hated until I watched then and realised that every time two ants met, they touched their heads together in greeting, so from then on, they were my friends. The long column of huge soldier ants that marched through our house for three days were a different matter, but then the ants were there before our house and it was only three days
I both love and detest ants. Modt sre cool, some like fire ants are assholes. They are the humans of the insect world, amazingly transforming the world around them to their whims but often utterly destructive to anything in their path. We dominate above, they dominate below. I respect them, but if they start crawling on me I would have the same reaction.
Another delightful post! As a 4 year old I intervened when my 3 year old sister started stomping on an anthill. I still remember crying for the ants that got mushed.
I like the way you portray your moral quandry in this post.
I lived in Malawi for a couple of years and there were lots of ants! A colony of small ants constantly moved through part of our house, which I hated until I watched then and realised that every time two ants met, they touched their heads together in greeting, so from then on, they were my friends. The long column of huge soldier ants that marched through our house for three days were a different matter, but then the ants were there before our house and it was only three days
That was a beautiful post! I love ants! I am glad you saved them :)
I had to rush to have a shower this morning and I accidentally killed a spider and I can't stop thinking about it :(
I both love and detest ants. Modt sre cool, some like fire ants are assholes. They are the humans of the insect world, amazingly transforming the world around them to their whims but often utterly destructive to anything in their path. We dominate above, they dominate below. I respect them, but if they start crawling on me I would have the same reaction.