Page 45 - The Miracle in the Ant

Then, how can the Attas, who clean their gardens only before "planti-
ng," be protected against weed fungi? The trick of maintaining a pure
fungus culture without constant weeding seems to depend upon the sali-
va the ants work into the compost as they chew it up. It is thought that
the saliva contains an antibiotic that inhibits the growth of undesirable
fungi. It probably contains a growth-promoter for the right fungus, too. 21
What one has to ponder upon is the following: How have these ants
learned to cultivate mushrooms? Is it possible that one day one of the
ants took a leaf in its mouth by coincidence and chewed it, and then
again by chance, it placed this liquid that had become porridge-like on
a dry leaf floor which, by sheer coincidence is a totally appropriate
place, and other ants brought pieces of mushrooms and planted them
there and, finally, the ants which had anticipated that some sort of food
that they could eat would grow there, started cleaning the garden,
throwing out unnecessary material, and harvesting? And then they went
over and conveyed this process to the whole colony one by one? Also,
why would they have carried all those leaves to their nests although they
could not eat them?
Furthermore, how could these ants have created the saliva that they
use while chewing the leaves for the production of mushrooms? Even it
is thought that they may form this saliva, one way or the other, with
what information could they produce an antibiotic in their saliva which
prevents the formation of weed fungi? Does it not require having a sig-
nificant knowledge of chemistry to achieve such a process? Even if they
did have such knowledge - which is impossible- how could they apply
it and get their saliva to have this antibiotic substance characteristic?
When one thinks about how ants could realize such a miraculous
event, hundreds of similar questions come up to none of which there
are any answers.
On the other hand, if a single explanatory answer could be given, all
these questions would have been answered. Ants have been designed
and programmed to achieve the job they are performing. The observed
event is sufficient to prove that ants are born or rather caused to be born
knowing farming. Such complex behavioural patterns are not phenom-
ena which may develop in stages and with time. They are the work of
a comprehensive knowledge and a supreme intellect. Thus the claims by

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