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which of the following passages from teh first paragraph of brute neighbors does not seem to hyperbolize the conflict between ants

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The warring ants that Thoreau finds make the connection between humans and brutes no less clear: the distinction between human civilization and animal savagery breaks down when red ants are seen waging a very human war against the black ants.
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