Top 10 Gigantic Facts About Ants

Ants are the best example of being persistent, industrious and also unity. And sometimes, ants are compared to humans, specially those people who are lazy or sluggard (We called here in the Philippines tamad or batugan). The Bible also clearly speaks about the ant being compared to a sluggard human in Proverbs 6:6, simply signifying that an ant is more industrious than a big and strong human, and sometime more brilliant. Ants are only little creatures with lesser strength and yet they can sustain their own colony's food. And even though they can only live for about 1.5 to 2 months, still, they will just do what they were made for, work, work and work until they die. Ants are one of the most influential insects in the world, occupying almost every place on Earth. They can be very useful and also pests. Some ants are used in cooking and some are in experiments. Ants are also considered as social insects. Now for this top ten article, have some time to read the top 10 gigantic facts below regarding our little friends - the Ants.

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TOP : 10
Ants Fact : There are approximately more than 22,000 species of ants. 12,500 species have been classified.

Black Ant on a green leaf

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TOP : 9
Ants Fact : Ants have colonized almost every landmass on Earth except Antarctica and a few remote or inhospitable islands.

An ant colony in Texas, USA

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TOP : 8
Ants Fact : Ants are used in cuisine, medication and rituals.

Giant ants being cooked in Colombia

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TOP : 7
Ants Fact : Termites are not ants, though they are called the "white ants".

Termites also called as "white ants"

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TOP : 6
Ants Fact : There 2500 species of ants in African continent alone.

Safari ants tunnel

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TOP : 5
Ants Fact : The Army Ant found in South America can have 700,000 members in its colony.

The army ants

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TOP : 4
Ants Fact : Ants can live up to 45 to 60 days only.

The harvester ant

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TOP : 3
Ants Fact : Ants have ultraviolet vision.

Ant's eyes

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TOP : 2
Ants Fact : An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells (the largest of all insects). And a colony of ants brains is equivalent to one human brain.

An ant brain

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TOP : 1
Ants Fact : Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight.

Hardworking worker ants

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Data Sources :

• www.en.wikipedia.org
• www.lingolex.com/ants.htm
• www.thefreedictionary.com/sluggard

Photos Sources :

• www.favhdimages.com
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• www.commons.wikimedia.org
• www.flickr.com
• www.pestban.com
• www.en.wikipedia.org
• www.africageographic.com
• www.alexanderwild.com
• www.myrmecos.net
• www.christineranck.com
• www.wallpapervortex.com

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