Frazz by Jef Mallett for June 22, 2020

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    Ninette  over 4 years ago

    Word for word from an elementary school text book: Up: Away from the center of the Earth. Down: Towards the center of the Earth.

    The realization that a concept could be described so simply and clearly was like a punch to the brain. My first encounter with profundity. Kid style, lol.

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    Kind&Kinder  over 4 years ago

    “To see the world in Formicidae! (apologies to William Blake)

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    jpayne4040  over 4 years ago

    I agree. Ants are fascinating. However, I would rather study them in a book.

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    e.groves  over 4 years ago

    Draw a chalk circle around an ant. See what happens.

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    Markov Da Robot  over 4 years ago

    Like I said a few days ago, who is this girl. I seem to not know her.

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    sandpiper  over 4 years ago

    The images and the conclusions will remain with her for many years. A moment of intense concentration. Only the very young use it well. It is one facet of childhood that we lose that might make adulthood much smoother.

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    cervelo  over 4 years ago

    We had ants in the basement. If you want to find the nest and apply very localized “control”, you need to take a the best part of an hour and observe their meanderings like the young girl is doing.

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    The Legend of Brandon Sawyer  over 4 years ago

    Get a magnifying glass things will really takeoff then

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    Whatcouldgowrong  over 4 years ago

    Worldwide all insect species are rapidly declining in population, and their ranges are contracting. Carefully done studies show 75% declines over the past 20 years. Bird species that primarily eat insects are similarly declining. There are no quantitative studies of ant populations, but I have observed a marked decrease in the number of ant hills in habitat that I’ve watched for years. Insects are the base of the food chain for pretty much everything, they pollinate food crops on which we humans depend, they recycle plant and animal waste, and they (ants in particular) maintain soil fertility and composition. When I was a youngster in the late 1940s, we got to watch red ants vs black ants wars that extended over long distances and that lasted for days. Haven’t seen that for years. Glad the girl is getting to appreciate the fascination of (vanishing) insects.

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    Yakety Sax  over 4 years ago

    Oh, to have the time and youth to simply stop and watch insects creep and crawl……..

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    Dr. Whom   over 4 years ago

    Note that “what’s up” and “what’s down” have the same colloquial meaning.

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    skippygddss  over 4 years ago

    What’s up?A directional preposition.

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    Dewey Premium Member over 4 years ago

    A few days ago I watched a spider eat a fly that was bigger than the spider. It took about 40 minutes and either it was fascination or I couldn’t think of anything else to do. Isolation does make the trivial seem fascinating.

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    Concretionist  over 4 years ago

    Ant lines are kind of fun to follow. But bee flights can lead you to honey!

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