CONCLUSION.
DEGREE OF PERFECTION IN INDUSTRY INDEPENDENT OF ZOOLOGICAL
SUPERIORITY--MENTAL FACULTIES OF THE LOWER ANIMALS OF LIKE
NATURE TO MAN'S.
_Degree of perfection in industry independent of zoological
superiority._--As the result of our study we see the fundamental
industries of Man dispersed throughout the animal kingdom, though not,
indeed, all of them, nor the more subtle, which were only born
yesterday. We may remark the extent to which intellectual
manifestations of this sort are independent of the more or less
elevated rank assigned to species in zoological classification. The
latter, as it should be, brings together or separates beings according
to their physical character. But intelligence does not depend on the
whole body; its superior or inferior development is related to a
certain corresponding complexity in the surface, volume, and
histologic structure of the nervous centres.
It happens with the cerebral as with the other functions. An animal's
superiority is not exhibited in all his organs nor in all his
qualities; it results from a certain grouping of characters in which
there may be weak points. The highest in organisation are not
necessarily the swiftest or the strongest, any more than they are
necessarily the most intelligent. It may happen; it happens in the
case of Man; but it as easily fails to happen. In organisation the
Horse is nearer to Man than the Ant; but it is far otherwise as
regards intellectual development.
For this reason, when following the progress of any industry, I have
taken my examples first in one group, then in another far-removed
group, to return afterwards to the first. There are not, and cannot
be, bonds between a solitary function of the being and its place in
classification--a place which has been determined by the form of all
the organs, without even taking into account their methods of
activity.
Comparative anatomy has long since removed the barriers, once thought
impassable, raised by human pride between Man and the other animals.
Our bodies do not differ from theirs; and moreover, such glimpses as
we are able to obtain allow us to conclude that their psychic
faculties are of the same nature as our own. Man in his evolution
introduces no new factor.
The industries in which the talents of animals are exercised
demonstrate that, under the influence of the same environment, animals
have reacted in the same manner as Man, and have formed the same
combinations to protect themselves from cold or heat, to defend
themselves against the attacks of enemies, and to ensure sufficient
provision of food during those hard seasons of the year when the earth
does not yield in abundance.
It must only be added, to avoid falling into exaggeration, that Man
excels in all the arts, of which only scattered rudiments are found
among the other animals; and we may safeguard our pride by affirming
that we need not fear comparison. If our intelligence is not
essentially different from that of animals, we have the satisfaction
of knowing that it is much superior to theirs.
APPENDIX.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
_Brehm's Thierleben_ is the great repository of facts concerning the
social lives of the higher animals. The third edition, in ten large
volumes, fully illustrated, and edited by Pechuel Loesche, has lately
appeared (Leipzig und Wien, Bibliog. Institute, 1890-92). It is,
indeed, as Virchow has lately termed it, "a sort of zoological
library," popular in character, and almost purely descriptive. (There
is a French edition of this work in nine volumes, but, with the
exception of one fragment, it has not appeared in English. The nearest
approach to Brehm's work in England is Cassell's _New Natural
History_, and in America the _Riverside Natural History_.) It is
impossible to enumerate the numberless works by travellers and others
on which the knowledge of animal industries is founded. The works of
Huber, Fabre, Audubon, Le Vaillant, C. St. John, Belt, Bates, Tennent,
are frequently quoted in the course of this work. Many of the most
important and detailed studies of animal industries are scattered
through the pages of the scientific periodicals of all countries.
References to a few of the chief of these studies will be found in the
text.
For a scientific discussion of the phenomena of animal skill and
intelligence we may perhaps best turn to Professor C. Lloyd Morgan,
whose work is always both acute and cautious. In _Animal Life and
Intelligence_ (1890) he has furnished an excellent introduction to the
subject. In his _Introduction to Comparative Psychology_ (shortly to
appear in the Contemporary Science Series) he discusses the
fundamental problems of mental processes in animals, and the
transition from animal intelligence to human intelligence. Romanes'
_Mental Evolution in Animals_ (1883) and other works by this writer,
dealing with the same subject, but proceeding on a different method,
should also be studied; and his _Animal Intelligence_ (International
Science Series) is an excellent critical summary of the facts.
Buechner's _Aus dem Geistesleben der Thiere_ (Berlin, 1877) and
Houzeau's _Facultes Mentales des Animaux_ (Brussels, 1877) may also be
mentioned, and Espinas' _Societes Animales_ (1877), though dealing
primarily with sociology, is an original and suggestive study of great
value.
As a general introduction, of a popular but not unscientific
character, to all the various aspects of animal life, J. Arthur
Thomson's little book, _The Study of Animal Life_ (University
Extension Manuals, 1892), may be recommended. At the end of Mr.
Thomson's volume will be found a useful classified list of the "Best
Books" on animal life.
GARDENING ANTS.
The operations of various species of Gardening Ants have recently been
very thoroughly investigated at Blumenau by Herr Alfred Moeller, nephew
of Dr. Fritz Mueller ("Die Pilzgaerten einiger suedamerikanischer
Ameisen." Heft 6 of Schimper's "Botanische Mittheilungen aus den
Tropen." Jena: G. Fischer, 1893. Herr Moeller's work is clearly
summarised by Mr. John C. Willis in "The Fungus Gardens of certain
South American Ants," _Nature_, 24th August 1893).
The ants of Blumenau chiefly differ from those described by Belt in
that they form very narrow streets, in which they travel only in
single file, and also that their nests occur both in the forest and in
the open. The commonest species is the _Atta_ (_Acromyrmex_)
_discigera_, Mayr, and the workers are never more than 6.5 mm. long.
There are other species of _Atta_ which have very similar streets;
one, the _Atta hystrix_, Latr., appears to work only at night. A
minute description is given of a street of _A. discigera_, which was
26 metres long and about 1.5 cm. wide and high, roofed in in parts
wherever possible. It led to a number of small Cupheas, whose leaves
the ants were cutting. In the street could be seen a procession of
loaded ants going towards the nest, and others empty-handed, going in
the opposite direction. Some of the large workers run up and down the
road unloaded, and act as road-menders if any accident happens to a
part of the track. Other very small workers, which do not cut leaves,
may also be seen carried upon the backs or even upon the loads of the
actual leaf-cutters. An ant carrying a peculiarly shaped piece of leaf
was watched from end to end of the track, and travelled the 26 m. in
70 minutes. The load was twice as heavy as itself.
The plants attacked by the ants were found to be very numerous, and
the ants seemed to be very capricious in this respect, one day
stripping a plant and the next day leaving it untouched.
The jaws of the ants are very strong, with serrated edges, and clash
together laterally. The ant begins at the edge of a leaf, and cuts out
a piece in about five minutes, revolving on one of its hind legs as a
centre. When the piece is almost freed, the ant goes on to the main
portion of the leaf, cuts through the last piece uniting it with the
severed portion, drags up the latter, balances it on edge between its
forelegs, and then, grasping it with its jaws, lifts it up above its
head, so that the centre of gravity of the load is above the ant
itself. It then marches off, down the stem, to the base, over the
ground to the end of the street, and along this to the nest,
travelling at a very uniform speed, and never letting go its load. The
weight thus carried was found, on an average, to be twice that of the
ant; but many were found carrying heavier loads, even as much as ten
times their own weight!
The nests are usually below the surface of the soil, but covered,
wherever necessary, with a thick mass of withered pieces of leaves and
twigs, etc. They may be as much as 1-1/2 metres in diameter. In the
nests of all species examined there is found, filling up the interior,
a curious grey spongy mass, full of chambers, like a coarse sponge, in
which the ants may be seen running about, and in which, here and
there, occur eggs, larvae, and pupae. This is the fungus garden. It is
separated from the roof and lateral walls of the nest by a clear
space. The walls and roof are much thicker in winter than in summer;
one nest examined had a roof 25 cm. thick and wall 40 cm. The garden
consists of two parts, differently coloured, but not very sharply
marked off from each other. The older part is yellowish-red in colour;
the newly-built portions, forming the surface of the garden, are of a
blue-black colour. It is this part which is of the greater importance
to the ants.
The garden is found, on examination, to consist of an immense
conglomeration of small round particles of not more than .5 mm. in
diameter, of a dark green colour when quite fresh, then blue-black,
and finally yellowish-red. They are penetrated by, and enveloped in,
white fungus hyphae, which hold the particles together. These hyphae are
similar throughout the nest.
Strewn thickly upon the surface of the garden are seen round white
bodies about .25 mm. in diameter; they always occur in the nests,
except in the very young portion of the gardens. They consist of
aggregations of peculiar swollen hyphae, and are termed by Moeller the
"Kohl-rabi clumps." The hyphae swell out at the ends into large
spherical thickenings, filled with richly vacuolated protoplasm like
the ordinary hyphae. These clumps of "Kohl-rabi" are only found on the
surface of the garden, and form the principal food of the ants; they
have no doubt reached their present form under the cultivation and
selection of the ants. The fungus was found to belong to the genus
_Rozites_, and the species was named _R. gongylophora_. A microscopic
examination of the particles of which the garden is composed shows
that they contain remains of leaves; bits of epidermis, stomata,
spiral vessels, etc., occur in them.
If a nest is broken into and the fungus garden scattered, the ants
collect it as quickly as possible, especially the younger parts,
taking as much trouble over it as over the larvae. They also cover it
up again as soon as possible to protect it from the light. A nest, 1
metre x 50 cm., was opened, and in twenty-four hours the ants had put
on a new roof 10 cm. deep.
Some ants' nests were placed under a bell jar and supplied with
leaves; they made no use of them and presently died. If they were
supplied with a piece of "garden," they rebuilt it and covered it so
far as they could. It was seen to shrink from day to day, the ants
bringing out the old pieces and adding them to the wall; finally it
was exhausted and the ants died. Others were starved for five days,
and then supplied with a bit of garden; they at once began to eat the
Kohl-rabi clumps. Finally, by supplying the ants with bits of garden,
a damp sandy floor, and fresh leaves, they were induced to build in
captivity. The dish in which they worked was covered by a glass lid,
and when this was covered with a dark cloth or otherwise kept dark,
the ants built under it without covering the garden. In this way the
whole process was observed. An ant bringing in a piece of leaf
proceeds to cut it into halves, repeating the process till it has got
a very small piece left, which it holds between its fore feet and
turns round, crushing it in its jaws until the whole is reduced to a
round ball of pulp about .25 mm. thick. This it then takes and adds to
the garden. So well is the kneading performed that no single cell
remains uninjured, and it was observed that the hyphae of the fungus
grew through and round one of these particles within a few hours. Belt
supposed that this process was performed by the small workers
above-mentioned, but it is not so, as we have just seen. The small
workers perform the function of weeding the garden, and this is so
well done that a portion of it removed and grown in a nutrient
solution gives a perfectly pure culture, not even containing bacteria!
In the course of these investigations it was found that somewhat
similar fungus gardens occur in the nests of the hairy ant,
_Apterostigma_, but the fungus appeared to belong to a different
genus, and the hairy ants, who live in decaying wood and have small
gardens built of bits of wood-fibre, beetle-dung, etc., have not
succeeded in cultivating and selecting Kohl-rabi to the same high
degree. An allied genus of ants, _Cyphomyrmex_, were also found to be
fungus-growers.
This elaborate study, which is illustrated by beautiful plates and
photographs of the mushroom gardens, constitutes, as Mr. Willis (whose
summary has here been followed) remarks, one of the most fascinating
contributions to our knowledge of mycology and of animal industries
which have been made for many years.
INDEX.
_AEgithalus pendulinus_
AElian
Alix
Alligator as a hunter; its nest
Ambush, hunting in; baited
_Ammophila affinis_
Angler's baited ambush
_Anomalocorax splendens_
Ant, foraging;
wars;
honey;
harvesting;
agricultural;
gardening;
domestic animals;
aphis-pens and paddocks;
slaves;
masons;
attention to personal hygiene
_Antennarius marmoratus_
_Anthocopa_
_Anthophora parietina_
_Anthophora pilifera_
Ape
Aphis-pens of ants
Aras
Aristotle
_Arvicola_
_Astur palumbarius_
_Ateucus sacer_
_Atta barbara_
Audubon
Baboon
Badger
Baited ambush
Baker, Sir S.
Baldamus
Baltimore bird
Bates
Bear
Beaver
Bee
Beef-eater
Belt
_Bembex_
Bendire
Beneden
Bernard
Bernstein
Bison
Blackcap
_Bonasa togata_
Bower-birds
Brehm
Briant
Brightwen, Mrs.
Buechner
Buffalo
Buffalo-bird
Bullhead
_Buphaga_
Burmeister
Burying-beetle
_Cam's azarae_
Caracara, Guadeloupe
_Cardisoma carnifex_
Cassique
_Castor fiber_
_Catheturus Lathami_
_Cerceris ornata_
_Chalicodoma_
_Chelinous_
_Cheliura terebrans_
_Chlamydera maculata_
_Chlorion_
_Choestostomus pictus_
_Cicindela campestris_
_Cisludo lunaria_
_Claviger testaceus_
Cleveland, D.
_Colaptes auratus_
_Colaptes Mexicanus_
_Conolophus subcristatus_
_Cottus gobio_
Couch
Coursing by animals
Cow-bird
Crab
Crane
_Cricetus frumentarius_
Crocodile as a hunter
Crossbill
Crows
Cuckoo
_Cucujo_
Cuvier
_Cystignathus ocellatus_
Darwin
Death, feigning
Death's-head Moth
Defence of dwellings _et seq._
_Didelphys azarae_
Dog;
wild
Dog-fish
_Dromia vulgaris_
Drory
Drummond, H.
Dubois, R.
Dufour
Dumeril
Dutertre
Dwellings of animals _et seq._
Eagle, Bald;
Caracara;
Golden
Ebrard
_Eciton_
Espinas
Evolution, the theory of
Fabre
Falcon
Feint
Fere
Flamingo
Flights, methods of
Fol, H.
Foraging ants
Forbes, H. O.
_Formica_
Fox
Frog
_Furnarius rufus_
_Gecarinus ruricola_
Gelatine nests
Girod
Glow-worm
_Gobius minutus_
_Gobius niger_
Goshawk
Gould
Gourami
Goureau
Grouse
_Grus cinerea_
_Gypaeetos barbatus_
_Gypogeranus reptilivorus_
_Haliaeetus leucocephalus_
Hamster
Hearne, S.
Hedgehog
Heermann
Hermit-crab
Hobby
Hornbill
Hornet's nest
Horse
Houzeau
Huber
Hudson, W. H.
Humming-bird
Hunting _et seq._;
in ambush;
in the burrow
Hygiene among animals _et seq._
Intelligence and instinct _et seq._
Jackdaw
Jerdon
Kakapo
Kangaroo
Kataplexy
Kirby
Kite
_Lacerta stirpium_
Lacepede
_Lagostomus trichodactylus_
Lamarck
Lammergeyer
_Lanius_
Lark
_Lasius_
Latreille
Le Vaillant
Lespes
Lighting up nests
Lincecum
Linnet
Loeffler
_Lophius piscatorius_
Lowe, J.
_Loxia_
Lubbock
Macaw
_Macropus viridi-auratus_
_Maia_
Magpie
Man's industries
Marchal, P.
Marmot
Martin, H. T.
Mason-bee
McCook
_Megachile_
_Melanerpes erythrocephalus_
_Melanerpes formicivorus_
_Meles_
_Melicourvis baya_
_Melipona geniculata_
Merlin
Moggridge
_Molothrus_
_Monedula punctata_
Morgan, C. L.
Morgan, L. H.
Mouse
Mueller, Fritz
Mueller, P. W. J.
_Mus minutus_
Musk-rat
_Mygale henzii_
_Myrmecocystus_
_Myrmica_
Natural history and the natural sciences
Naturalist of yesterday and to-day
Naumann
_Necrophorus_
Nests _et seq._
_Oecodoma_
_Opossum_
_Orthotomus longicauda_
_Orycteropus_
_Osphronemus olfax_
Otter
Oven-bird
Owl
_Pagurus Bernhardus_
Pallas
Paradise-fish
Parroquet
Parseval-Deschenes
Paterson, W.
Pea-crab
Pelican, Brown
Perch
_Pholcus_
_Phryganea striata_
Physiological reserves
_Pinnoteres pisum_
_Pogonomyrmex barbatus_
_Polyborus lutosus_
_Polyborus cheriway_
_Polyergus rufescens_
_Pompilius_
Poppig
Preyer
Projectiles, hunting with
_Protopterus_
_Psammomys_
_Pseudaetus_
Python's ambush
Quelelis
_Quiscalus major_
Raven
Reaumur
_Rhodius anarus_
Romanes
Rook
Saint-Hilaire, G.
St. John, C.
Sand-wasp
Sanitation of dwellings _et seq._
Saussure, H. de
Scarabaeus
Sea-gulls
Secretary-bird
Sentinels
Severn, H. A.
Sewing among birds
Shrike
Simon, Eugene
_Sitaris muralis_
_Sitaris colletis_
Slavery among ants
Smeathman
Snake
Sparrow-hawk
_Sphex_
Spider
Spider-crab
Sponge-crab
Squirrel
_Staphilinus Caesareus_
Stickleback
_Strigops habroptilus_
Sturgeon
Swallow's nest
Sykes
_Sylvia atricapilla_
Tailor-bird
Tennent
Termites
Thomson, J. A.
Tiger-beetle
Titmouse
Toad
Tortoise
_Toxotes jaculator_
Trap-door spider
Tristram
_Troglodytes calvus_
Tschuedi
Tyrant-bird
_Uranoscopus scaber_
_Vespa sylvestris_
Vizcacha
Vole
Wasp
Waterton
Weaver-bird
Wodzicki
Wolves
Woodpecker
Woven dwellings
_Xylocopa violacea_
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