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In this video, Wonderful facts about ants!
Ants are cabale of carrying objects 50 times their own body weight and use their small
size to their advantage.
Their muscles are thicker than those of larger animals or even humans.
This ratio enables them to produce more force and carry larger objects.
If we had muscles in the proportions of ants, we'd be able to raise a car over our heads!
A few ant species will take captives from other ant species, forcing them to do chores
for their own colony.
Some honeypot ants will even enslave ants of the same species, taking individuals from
foreign colonies to do their bidding.
The Amazon ants raid other Formica colonies and bring back their pupae, ensuring a steady
supply of slave workers.
Ants evolved during the early Cretaceous period.
Most fossil evidence of insects is found inside ancient amber, or fossilized plant resin.
The oldest known ant fossil, was found in Cliffwood Beach, NJ.
Scientists estimate the appearance of ants on Earth as somewhere around 130 million years ago.
Fungus farming ants began their agricultural ventures about 50 million years before humans
Even more amazing, these ants used sophisticated horticultural techniques to enhance their crop yields.
They secreted chemicals with antibiotic properties to control mold growth.
Ants will do anything to get the sugary secretions of sap-sucking insects, called honeydew.
To keep the sweet stuff in close supply, some ants will herd aphids, carrying them from
plant to plant.
Argentine ants, native to South America, now inhabit every continent except Antarctica
due to accidental introductions by humans.
Each ant colony has a distinctive chemical profile that enables members of the group
to recognize each other, and alerts the colony to the presence of strangers.
Scientists recently discovered that massive supercolonies in Europe, North America, and
Japan all share the same chemical profile, meaning they are, in essence, a global supercolony
of ants.
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