I have listened to a podcast in German today where the host interviewed Susanne
Foitzik. Mrs Foitzik is a professor of evolutionary biology specialized on
ants. She explained that some ant colonies have developed a sophisticated form
of slavery. They conduct violent raids on the nests of other ants, kill the
ants including the queen, kidnap the brood and carry it to the own colony. When
the brood hatches in the own nest, it is tricked into slavery, i.e. into
defending and feeding the colony of the raiders although it is not their
colony. An ant colony that outsources the dirty work to slaves from another
colony.In a sense the Roman Empire which was based on slavery did the same.
Even our modern economy is still doing the same sort of outsourcing, isn't it?
We have outsourced the dirty manual work to India and China, and enjoy leisure
time because other countries do the dirty work for us (like building our
smartphones, TVs or sport shoes that are shipped in large container ships to
us).More about slavery among ants can be found in the book from Susanne Foitzik
and Olaf Fritsche named "Empire of Ants - The Hidden Worlds and Extraordinary
Lives of Earth's Tiny
Conquerors"https://theexperimentpublishing.com/catalogs/spring-2021/empire-of-ants/-J.
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