E. O. Wilson

Hi Ken! Hope you have had a nice Sunday. I am here with Rocco sleeping on my feet, and the temperature is about 17ºC, it's cloudy and with some isolated drizzles. Wow! That is really a very large ant nest, I like the creativity from those expert, to fill with liquid cement a nest to know its size was a great idea. Do you remember what kind of ants were and where do they lived, Ken? I don't know a lot about ant kinds that exist. I was remembering of ants called 'marabunta', also known as army ants, or legionary ants, however I've read they don't build nests with soil like other ants, but they build true living nests with their bodies called " bivouac" which never are the final ones. The ants hold onto each other's legs, and this way they build a nest in ball shape in the tree trunks. In addition they are carnivorous. For me, marabunta was a native species of South America, a species from Brazil more specifically, but I'm not sure, because more of 200 ant species, from different subfamilies and genres, get this name. In the region we call Mesopotamia, lives a kind of ants known as 'Correccion' which is extremely voracious and surely, they should belong to some subfamily of these legionary ants. Oh! I didn't know that existed that difference between tortoise and turtle for British people, I thought that both words were synonyms, for us all of them are 'turtles', in spanish language we say, trying to do a literal translation, 'aquatic turtle' and 'terrestrial turtle' or 'turtle…

The Ants, a short story written in 1986, shows similarities to another document: The First History of Brazil from 1587. Additionally, the story also shows similarities to Jungian psychology with regard to the dwarf. The ants in the short story are rebuilding the dwarf skeleton, which can be read as the girls’ fear of exploring their own unconsciousness and inner beings. At the beginning of the story, The Ants, there are two young girls who find a dwarf skeleton that had been hidden by an old…

Biology is and has always been a true love for Wilson. As Wilson himself has said that like any other true love, it stirs passion within him, has kept his interest for many years, and has promised him pleasure from a lifetime of devotion (“The Path to Follow” 52). That devotion has continued and is still present in Wilson. Instead of sitting idly by, he has chosen to dedicate his later years to saving the world for our descendants. In 2005, he launched the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation…

Ethics of Cloning In The Creation: An Appeal to save life on earth, E.O. Wilson claims the next great extinction, in relation to mankind, is already in progress. If neglected, the extinction deems devastation to the degree of the final years of the Eremozoic Era. Wilson suggests that mankind takes a stand to either evolve alongside a quickly changing environment or change the whole environment around us by integrating genetic engineering (91). With this in mind, the twenty-first century has…

In Search of Nature by E.O. Wilson contains a chapter titled "Altruism and Aggression," in which the author examines the social behaviors of altruism and aggression. Wilson takes care to address and refute the claim that there exists within humans an inherent instinct to display hostility. Wilson presents aggression as antithetical to altruism, an inherent component of human nature, and therefore contends that antagonism is not intuitive but acquired; humans are taught to be aggressive by their…

Through the comparison and contrasting of two important views in Consilience, by E.O. Wilson and Life is a Miracle by Wendell Berry, the reader can learn more about their views on the world, the sciences, and humanities while also being able to get a grasp on how they feel as well. As we have grown from a child into young adults, we have been taught only the core courses that will apply to our lives. By reading these books, you dive deeper into how the world is perceived and get a glance at why…

E.O. Wilson grew up around Washington D.C. and spent his most of childhood in nature. He enjoyed spending time in the woods and fishing. One of his favorite fish, called the pinfish, had a dorsal fish that has sharp spines on it. When he was seven years old, he injured his one of his eyes in a fishing accident. He pulled the fish out of the water and the spines hit him in the eye. According to the article “E.O. Wilson” “ He suffered for hours, but he continued fishing. He did not complain…

This seems normal at first, since she enters the Bellmonts home when she is only six years old. Six-year-old children can typically do very little when it comes to housework and much else. However, her workload didn’t increase because of her capabilities, I believe that it increased because of the hatred directed towards her. Mrs. Bellmont quite clearly despised Frado. She wasn’t a pleasant woman to begin with, she is described as a “whirlwind charged with fire, draggers and spikes” (Wilson 15).…

and Whitman has already made a name for himself as one of America’s most influential poets. Two of Whitman’s most esteemed works are “O Captain! My Captain!”, written in 1865 to reflect on Abraham Lincoln's death, and “O Me! O Life!”, written in 1891 to contemplate life’s purpose. Written almost three decades apart, these poems have many similarities and differences that emphasize the importance of Whitman’s style that transcends time and subject matter. “O Captain! My Captain!” and “O Me! O…

Throughout history, human civilizations have been built on conforming to social norms. Likewise, there have always been individuals, throughout history, who have ventured outside of those norms, many times to the dismay or even apathy of their respectively societies. E.E. Cummings’ “anyone lived in a pretty how town,” is perfect example of how individualism is viewed in a conformist society, as well as sheds light on the poet’s own views of conformity. Although conforming to social norms is how…