ant, n.Trivia

Ants dislike baby powder (talcum powder)

ants are quite populous --- there are a million ants for every person on Earth

ants are varietous --- there are roughly 22,000 different species.

Ants not only cultivate their own food (fungi) but also keep pets (aphids) & started doing so long before humans

A rare butterfly in Australia has a symbiotic relationship with ants who escort the caterpillar to a plant to feed, then bring it back to their nest to watch over while it sleeps. The ants get a sweet nectar in return.

Some ants explode themselves when their colonies are attacked, covering the assailant with deadly yellow goo.

A nanoparticle is to an ant what an ant is to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Ants have over 80,000 different species

An ant-eating assassin bug piles its victims onto its body to scare predators.

Ants are able to lift 50 times their own weight

Ants are numerous --- All the ants on Earth weigh about as much as all the humans.

ants live long --- worker ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15

Ants are numerous --- There are 1,000,000 ants for every human.

Ants are amongst the few animals who passed the mirror test, which is a strong evidence of self-recognition, and indicates the possibility of self-awareness (i.e. a “sense of self”).

Ants can smell well --- better even than a dog.

Ants can survive a fall from any height because their terminal velocity isn't great enough to kill them.

Ants have a stronger sense of smell than dogs

Ants normally travel no further than about 700 feet from their nest.

Ants have designated paramedics that are assigned to rescue their wounded soldiers, carry them back to their nest and help them heal by gently holding the hurt limb in place with their mandibles and front legs while intensely “licking” the wound.

Ants kill four times as many people every year than sharks.