Who is shaking the Jar by Mark Twain

Mr. Twain had several words of wisdom in his life but for some reason this struck a nerve with me. The story of some Black and red fire ants in a jar. youtu.be...

a reply to: 727Sky

Thank you, Sky! I only wish I could give you all the stars and flags this deserves instead of the limit of one.



P.S. I know Twain didn't say this, but it doesn't take away from the sentiment one bit IMO.

originally posted by: nugget1
a reply to: 727Sky

Thank you, Sky! I only wish I could give you all the stars and flags this deserves instead of the limit of one.

P.S. I know Twain didn't say this, but it doesn't take away from the sentiment one bit IMO.

As with Fire ants and Black ants I doubt they would need the jar shaken to kill each other ! I suppose it is the thought that counts !

a reply to: 727Sky

I'd wager a guess and say the black ants will blame the red ones and vice versa, they are not aware of the 3rd hand shaking the jar...

Wash, rinse, repeat...

originally posted by: 727Sky
Mr. Twain had several words of wisdom in his life but for some reason this struck a nerve with me. The story of some Black and red fire ants in a jar. youtu.be...

Aaannnd you believed it...??? That Clements said it? That ants act like that?



The same has been misattributed to David Attenborough, too, but probably was prompted by a passage in Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle", and has an anonymous source.

Excerpt from Cat's Cradle:

"I can't remember what all Frank had fighting in the jar that day, but I can remember other bug fights we staged later on: one stag beetle against a hundred red ants, one centipede against three spiders, red ants against black ants. They won't fight unless you keep shaking the jar. And that's what Frank was doing, shaking, shaking the jar."