In the short story "Leiningen Versus the Ants" written by Carl Stephenson, Leiningen finds he must use his brain against the intelligence of a well disciplined, organized, and resourceful army. As time progressed the ants found their way through the jungle destroying everything in their path to find themselves in a hellacious battle at Leiningen's plantation.
Getting word of the swarm of army ants form the medicine man, Leiningen and his four hundred men determinedly prepared for the battle of a lifetime against the horrible swarm of flesh eating ants, ten miles long and two miles wide. Leiningen had taken on many battles in the past three years: drought, hood, plague and all other "acts of God", but none that were as terrifying as the thought
