Facts About Ants, The Dinosaur-era Creatures To Leave You Baffled
The following facts about Ants would not just blow your mind but turn them into your new idols!
Here are 9 facts about ants to leave you baffled:
- Ants are as old as dinosaurs.
It is believed that ants have existed on this planet for more than 130 million years.
- Caste determines ant lifespan.
Generally, Ants have a short life span. But, an essential factor affecting lifespan is ants’ castes. Male adults live only a few days and die after mating with the female. Worker ants live for a few weeks to several months. Queer ants are the foremost long-lived colony members and may live for multiple years.
- Ants are farmers.
Ant-fungus mutualism is a symbiosis seen in some ant and fungal species, in which ants actively cultivate fungus much like humans.
- Some ants are asexual.
Some populations of ants long thought to be asexual get a dose of genetic diversity by having sex.
- Ants do not have ears.
Ant hears by feeling vibrations in the ground through their feet.
- Ants have two stomachs.
It is not because they are greedy.
One of their stomachs is for holding food for their consumption, and the other to store the food for sharing with other ants.
- Antarctica does not have ants.
One of the facts about ants that we believe is not strange. Isn’t it kind of obvious? Well, ironically, yes.
- Bullet ants have the most painful sting in the world.
“Bandook hai ye laila!” The bullet ant has got its name from the shot of intense pain it delivers with its venom-filled sting.
- Ants can swim.
Well, not all ants…it depends on the species, but they can survive in water.
With that–do you know about ants that can carry 50% of their own body? Yes! ‘Arre katei “bhagwaan” “log” ye…!’
Blog Edited By Ritika Gupta
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