Roger Payne Quote

Small things lead frantic lives. When a passing ant sets its foot in a drop of water, the amoebas in that drop experience raging tidal waves, while to the ant the footsteps of a mouse on the roof of its galleries must rattle all the cupboards and shake the pupae off the walls.


Among Whales, Chapter 1 (p. 20), Charles Scribner's Sons. 1995


Small things lead frantic lives. When a passing ant sets its foot in a drop of water, the amoebas in that drop experience raging tidal waves, while...

Small things lead frantic lives. When a passing ant sets its foot in a drop of water, the amoebas in that drop experience raging tidal waves, while...

Small things lead frantic lives. When a passing ant sets its foot in a drop of water, the amoebas in that drop experience raging tidal waves, while...

Small things lead frantic lives. When a passing ant sets its foot in a drop of water, the amoebas in that drop experience raging tidal waves, while...