Termite Mound Soil

Some articles on soil, mounds:

Atlantic Titi - Diet - Geophagy
... can be geophagic meaning that at times they eat soil ... be on the ground, researchers have observed them eating soil found atop ant mounds ... advantage to the Masked Titis for the following reasons It is a safer location to choose soil because it allows the monkeys to scan for surrounding predators and gives them close access to the protection of the ...

Famous quotes containing the words soil and/or mound:

    “The Indian attitude toward the land was expressed by a Crow named Curly: “The soil you see is not ordinary soil—it is the dust of the blood, the flesh, and the bones of our ancestors. You will have to dig down to find Nature’s earth, for the upper portion is Crow, my blood and my dead. I do not want to give it up.””
    —For the State of Montana, U.S. public relief program. Montana: A State Guide Book (The WPA Guide to Montana)

    “A mound of refuse or the sweepings of a street,
    Old kettles, old bottles, and a broken can,
    Old iron, old bones, old rags, that raving slut
    Who keeps the till. Now that my ladder’s gone,
    I must lie down where all the ladders start,
    In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)