{"id":153,"date":"2010-04-10T06:48:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T13:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thaibugs.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2010-04-10T06:48:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T13:48:15","slug":"ants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/?page_id=153","title":{"rendered":"Facts about ants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/69.93.146.30\/~thaibugs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oecophylla-smaragdin2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-321\" title=\"Oecophylla smaragdin2\" src=\"http:\/\/thaibugs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oecophylla-smaragdin2-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oecophylla-smaragdin2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oecophylla-smaragdin2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;\">INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANTS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">If a man could run as fast for his size as an  ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Ants can lift 20 times their  own body weight.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">With their combined weight greater than the combined weight  of all humans, ants are the most numerous type of animal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">An ant brain has  about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of  40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human. Ant brains are  largest amongst insects. An ant&#8217;s brain may have the same processing power as a  Macintosh II computer.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Thousands of years ago, King Solomon wrote: &#8220;Go to the  ant, consider its ways and be wise&#8221;.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Ants in Africa eat more animcal flesh than lions, hyenas and all other carnivores put together.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">The average life expectancy of an ant  is 45-60 days.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Adult ants cannot chew and swallow solid food. They rely on  juice which they squeeze from pieces of food.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">The abdomen of the ant  contains two stomachs. One stomach holds the food for itself and second stomach  is for food to be shared with other ants.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">There are over 10000 known species of  ants.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Some worker ants are given the job of taking the rubbish from the nest  and putting it outside in a special rubbish dump.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Some birds put ants in  their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid which gets rid of the  parasites.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">The Slave-Maker Ant (Polyergus Rufescens) raids the nests of other  ants and steals their pupae. When these new ants hatch,they work as slaves  within the colony.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">If a worker ant has found a good source for food, it  leaves a trail of scent so that the other ants in the colony can find the food.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">The Army Ant (Ecitron Burchelli)  of  South America, can have as many as 700,000 members in its colony. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Army Ants are nomadic and they are always moving. They carry their larvae  and their eggs with them in a long column.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">The Leaf  Cutter Ants cut out pieces of leaves which they take back to their nests.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Wood ant workers live seven to ten years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">The queen ant lives up to  ten or twenty years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Some colonies may contain millions of ants, all produced by a single queen.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">The wood ant can threaten the enemy with open  jaws.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">There are thirty-five thousand kinds of ants in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Some ants  sleep seven hours a day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Ants are normally from 2 to 7 mm long, although  carpenter ants can stretch to 2 cm, or almost an inch.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Some ants care for  and &#8220;farm&#8221; other insects.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Lycaenid larvae provide secretions high in amino acids and carbohydrates and obtain protection from ants in return. The ants milk the secretions by tickling glands on the caterpillar with their antennae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">There&#8217;s an ant colony from Argentina that has spread to every continent except Antarctica.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/69.93.146.30\/~thaibugs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oecophylla-smaragdina2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-323\" title=\"Oecophylla smaragdina2\" src=\"http:\/\/thaibugs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oecophylla-smaragdina2-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oecophylla-smaragdina2-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oecophylla-smaragdina2.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANTS If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse. Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight. With their combined weight greater than the combined weight of all humans, ants are the most numerous type of animal. 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