are going to take them to plants nearer 
the ant hill. When the cow insects have 
sucked most of the juice from one plant, 
the ants will move them to a fresh plant. 
In this way the ants make certain that 
the cows will be able to keep on giving 
honeydew. Of course, this is very bad 
for plants, because the ant cows destroy 
the plant leaves. 
As the dairy maid ants march back 
toward the ant hill with their cows, they 
pass other ants working at other tasks. 
Some of the ants are climbing grasses 
that are taller to them than the tallest 
trees are to us. They are nipping off 
seeds from the grasses, and carrying 
them away to be stored for later use. 
Sometimes the seeds are much larger 
than the ants themselves. But ants have 
strong bodies and strong jaws. Those 
jaws must be used for biting, carrying, 
digging, grinding, — even fighting, when 
the ant must protect itself. 
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