ANTS
Insect - Invertebrate - Omnivore
Insect - Invertebrate - Omnivore
A BULLET ANT
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LEAF CUTTER ANTS
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Male: Drone
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Female: Queen, Worker, Gyne
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Young: Lava, Pupa
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ANTS
- There are one million ants for every human in the world.
- Ants never sleep and do not have lungs.
- A giant colony of invasive Argentinian ants stretching 6000 Km or 3750 miles was discovered in Europe.
- Are the longest living of all insects, living for up to 30 years.
- All worker, soldier and queen ants are female.
- Ants and humans are the only creatures that farm other creatures.
- Some ants can swim.
- In many parts of the world, ants are eaten by humans as a delicacy.
- The worst enemy of an ant is another ant.
- Are capable of carrying objects 50 times their own body weight with their mandibles.
- Will enslave other ants, keeping them captive and making them do work for the colony.
- Ants' nests can be infested by smaller ants.
- Ants yawn and stretch their legs when they wake up.
LEAF CUTTER ANT
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