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leaf cutter ants<a href="https://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/01/leaf-cutter-ants-lead.jpg"></a> About twelve thousand years ago, humans hit on a bright idea. Why not <a href="https://inhabitat.com/build-your-own-green-garden-with-togetherfarms-recycled-plastic-building-blocks/">grow food in our backyards</a> instead of having to go look for it every time our tummies grumble? It was a masterful stroke of conscious evolution, but hardly a new one....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/the-biomimicry-manual-what-can-leaf-cutter-ants-teach-us-about-farming/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
leaf cutter antsLeaf-cutter ants moving across a rope.2
Leaf cutter ants transporting leavesLeaf-cutter ants transporting leaves.3
Leaf cutter ants transporting leavesClose-up of leaf-cutter ants transporting leaves.4
Leaf cutter ants climbingLeaf-cutter ants climbing. The stronger of the two carries the leaf.5
Leaf cutter ants in Costa RicaLeaf-cutter ants in Costa Rica6
Leaf cutter antLeaf-cutter ant close up.7
prariesCumulus clouds over a yellow prairie.8
maximilian sunflowerA Maximilian sunflower9
Colombian coffeeColombian coffee beans10