Ants: Extremes

About this episode

Kiersten discusses the diverse extremes of ant life in this episode.

Summary: Ants are such diverse organisms that extremes have evolved. Join Kiersten to learn about some ant extremes. For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean Show Notes: “Tales from the Ant World” by Edward O. Wilson Music written and performed by Katherine Camp Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Kiersten - Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I’m Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we’ll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating. This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won’t regret it. In this penultimate episode I thought we’d talk about the extremes of ants. The fastest, the slowest, the fiercest, and maybe a few more. The ninth thing I like about ants is the extremes. Edward O. Wilson studied ants for his entire life, give or take a few years when he was still in…

People in this episode

Host: Kiersten Gibizov

Topics covered

• ants
• extremes
• wildlife
• nature
• diversity

Keywords

• ants
• extremes
• wildlife
• Edward O. Wilson
• nature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tales from the Ant World

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