funny facts
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 2:10 pm
The Slave-Maker ant is so named because it raids the nest of other ants and steals their pupae. Once the pupae hatch, they are made to work as slaves.
Workers in an ant colony only live for about 45-60 days, but a colony's queen can live up to 20 years.
Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is about equal to the total biomass of all the people.
Ants began farming about 50 million years before humans thought to raise their own crops.
