- http://www.eol.org/pages/699/overview
- http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/ant/
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Male ants often have only one role—mating with the queen. After they have performed this function, they may die.
Ants communicate and cooperate by using chemicals that can alert others to danger or lead them to a promising food source.
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They typically eat nectar, seeds, fungus, or insects. However, some species have diets that are more unusual.
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Army ants may prey on reptiles, birds, or even small mammals.
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1. Ants are capable of carrying objects 50 times their own body weight with their mandibles.
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2. Soldier ants use their heads to plug the entrances to their nests and keep intruders from gaining access.
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3. Certain ant species defend plants in exchange for food and shelter.
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4. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is roughly equal to the total biomass of all the people on Earth.
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5. Ants sometimes herd or tend to insects of other species, like aphids or leafhoppers.
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6. Ants will enslave other ants, keeping them captive and making them do work for the colony.
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7. Ants lived alongside the dinosaurs
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8. Ants started farming long before humans.
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9. Some ants form "supercolonies," massive communities of ants that can stretch for thousands of miles.
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10. Ants follow scent trails laid by scout ants to gather food.
Male ants often have only one role—mating with the queen. After they have performed this function, they may die.
Ants communicate and cooperate by using chemicals that can alert others to danger or lead them to a promising food source.
They typically eat nectar, seeds, fungus, or insects. However, some species have diets that are more unusual.
Army ants may prey on reptiles, birds, or even small mammals.
1. Ants are capable of carrying objects 50 times their own body weight with their mandibles.
2. Soldier ants use their heads to plug the entrances to their nests and keep intruders from gaining access.
3. Certain ant species defend plants in exchange for food and shelter.
4. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is roughly equal to the total biomass of all the people on Earth.
5. Ants sometimes herd or tend to insects of other species, like aphids or leafhoppers.
6. Ants will enslave other ants, keeping them captive and making them do work for the colony.
7. Ants lived alongside the dinosaurs
8. Ants started farming long before humans.
9. Some ants form "supercolonies," massive communities of ants that can stretch for thousands of miles.
10. Ants follow scent trails laid by scout ants to gather food.
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