Random Ant Facts

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    The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days.
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    Army Ant Sutures
    Army Ant Sutures
    Army ants are used as “natural sutures”. Their jaws are so powerful, natives staple wounds by forcing ants to bite them and break off the body.
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    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.
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    Ant Graveyard
    Ant Graveyard
    Ants have graveyards.
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    Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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    Drunk Ants
    Drunk Ants
    If an ant is drunk, a fellow comrade will carry him back to the nest to sleep off the alcohol.
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    The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right side.
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    Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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