Insect Interest
Monday, March 24, 2008
Ant Facts
Ants don't sleep.
When the only queen ant dies, so does the entire colony, because no new workers are born.
The study of ants is called Myrmecology.
For every human in the world there are one million ants.
The brain of an ant has about 250,000 brain cells.
The sense of smell of an ant is just as good as a dog's is.
Ants can lift an object up to fifty times their body-weight and carry it over their heads. They don't do this with their feet, but with their mouths.
A leaf-cutter ant queen mates only once - just before establishing a new colony. She can then keep the sperm viable for up to 15 years and produce as many as 300 million offspring.
When the only queen ant dies, so does the entire colony, because no new workers are born.
The study of ants is called Myrmecology.
For every human in the world there are one million ants.
The brain of an ant has about 250,000 brain cells.
The sense of smell of an ant is just as good as a dog's is.
Ants can lift an object up to fifty times their body-weight and carry it over their heads. They don't do this with their feet, but with their mouths.
A leaf-cutter ant queen mates only once - just before establishing a new colony. She can then keep the sperm viable for up to 15 years and produce as many as 300 million offspring.
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