>powerful smell, more powerful than most insects
>over ten thousand different species
>can carry more than fifty times their own weight
>communicate with each other using chemicals
>can survive underwater for 24 hours
>south american fire ants have been found to form a living raft when placed in water
>constantly move around to ensure no ant is underneath water for too long
>possible for them to be in this form for weeks or months if necessary
>represent 10% of animal tissue on the planet
>estimated to be over 10 quadrillion ants alive at any moment
>as old as dinosaurs and survived the dinosaur extinction
did ants win the game of evolution?
>over ten thousand different species
>can carry more than fifty times their own weight
>communicate with each other using chemicals
>can survive underwater for 24 hours
>south american fire ants have been found to form a living raft when placed in water
>constantly move around to ensure no ant is underneath water for too long
>possible for them to be in this form for weeks or months if necessary
>represent 10% of animal tissue on the planet
>estimated to be over 10 quadrillion ants alive at any moment
>as old as dinosaurs and survived the dinosaur extinction
did ants win the game of evolution?
