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oive boys and caused the death of 
a SdSSTrJi’D?wSSfTv®*" r dm ““- 
M. Mann director of the National wither he ’ or^r^ £ 0t report 
Zoological Park, telling of a mid- wttor. -e L£ e +*? x M / s ' Mann was 
night “blitzkrieg” - by’legions of «2S , - Said th , e . ante assaulted his 
huge. angrS driver ants . S ■h» mhtary precision that 
Attacking with lightning speed; leX s * *‘ il Bismarck 
the Dig black ants painfully bit ' • 
nearly a score of Dr. Mann’s na- „t, t 6 5 n !f. , rava sed the camp un- 
-- ' - checked, biting the defenders as 
kaiey prepared boiling water to 
stave off the attack. Only the 
steaming fluid finally defeated the 
ants..:' . 
J- >r - Mann v who is directing' a 
joint Smithsonian * Firestone ex- 
P ec ?^°n, said he had arranged 
eaith works and other defenses 
against the ants. 
An authority on the habits of 
, ant . s , Dr. Mann said the driver 
; variety often is two inches long. 
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