This may be a bit gruesome for some people...you have been warned.
It was a tussle of life and death between the caterpillar and the ant horde. The caterpillar must have been in the canopy overhead and dropped onto the trail where the ants quickly came across it. The frenzy was amazing and the caterpillar's writhing was painful to watch. Such is life in the undergrowth!
Quotes about ants :
"The foreign policy aim of ants can be summed up as follows: restless aggression, territorial conquest, and genocidal annihilation of neighboring colonies whenever possible. If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week." - Journey to the Ants - Bert Holldobler & Edward O. Wilson
"... human societies send their young men to war, weaver-ant societies send their old ladies." Bert Holldobler & Edward O. Wilson
"At high tide the fish eat ants; at low tide the ants eat fish." --Thai Proverb
"Ants never sleep." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Don't step on ants... they're people too." - a quote from the ANTZ movie
"The constant creeping of ants will wear away the stone." --unknown
... "Like me with the anthill in my backyard. I spent days watching the ants, trying to figure out which ones were good, and which ones were bad, but they all just looked like ants, so I started smiting all of them." "Well that's not --" "I was smiting them with the garden hose, and with lighter fluid, and with the lawnmower, and to be perfectly honest, I think I went a little crazy with the shovel. Those ants could have been praying to me all day, I wouldn't have heard them." "There was nothing they could do about it." "But, I don't think --" "Really, it's the same with us. There's nothing we can do about anything either, so why worry about it? Hey, this is making me feel better." "Well, that's good, but --" "I guess all we can do is live our lives with as much kindness and decency as possible, and try not to dwell on God standing over us with a giant shovel." ... - Dewey and Teacher in 'Day Care' episode from Malcolm in the Middle
