The biggest problem was getting the animals out of their shells, unless there were some anthills on the island.
"The Wailing Octopus"
Harold Leland Goodwin
I do not know why we have so few green woodpeckers by the river, as there are plenty of old trees there; but these birds, which feed chiefly on the ground among the anthills, have a marked preference for such woods in the neighbourhood as contain an abundance of oak trees.
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs
The afternoon sun is blazing serenely over the plains of Lombardy, treating the Alps with respect and the anthills with indulgence, not incommoded by the basking of the swine and oxen in the villages nor hurt by its cool reception in the churches, but fiercely disdainful of two hordes of mischievous insects which are the French and Austrian armies.
"The Man of Destiny"
George Bernard Shaw