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The Soul of the White Ant is a passionate, insightful exploration of the world of termites.

Based on ten years of intense observation in the South African veld, Eugène Marais formulated a revolutionary theory: that the termite colony is not a community of individuals, but a single, composite animal. Workers and soldiers function like blood cells, the fungus gardens as digestive organs, and the queen as the brain.

This Distant Mirror edition preserves Marais’ lyrical and scientifically precise prose, inviting readers into the mysterious, highly structured life of the termitary.
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