Ants

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Ants are much like people

Ants have punishments for "illict behavior and treachory" (www.wired.com/2010/08/gallery-ant-warfare/)

"Complex societies"

Social classes, like workers, guards, queens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmIb2zkMtjQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmIb2zkMtjQ

HUmans and apes thought to be only animals capable of tactical strategy ntil hey studied ants

Weakest ants are sent forward first (expendable). These usually include the smallest, weakest, crippled and elderly

A soldier ant has many muscles on it's head for bashing

Despite no central command, ants are very organized

Ants usually do not save other ants

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https://www.terminix.com/blog/education/what-is-an-ant-colony/https://www.terminix.com/blog/education/what-is-an-ant-colony/

Ant hills are entrances and exits to ant colonies

Ant colonies can stretch as deep as 25 feet underground!

The QUEEN'S purpose is to found and lead the colony as well as lay eggs for it. Her chambers are located farther down in case of predator attacks. She has servants, drones, and workers. The queen has a large life span, sometimes for up to 30 years. She also has long wings.

The DRONE is a male ant who mates with the queen. They usually die after they accomplish this and are not encountered outside of the colony.

The WORKER'S job is to build, maintain the nest, protect the colony from invaders, and collect food. They are usually females, and they do not lay eggs. A worker's life span varies depending on species (a few weeks to a few years).

ALATES are winged male and female ants that establish new colonies once they are grown up. The females can sometimes become queens, while the males become drones and die quickly after mating.

Ant colonies usually survive as long as the queen does, but i specific among different species of ant

They can house up to a million ants

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http://antark.net/ant-life/ant-feeding/

"ants eat more meat than lions wolves and tigers combined"

Ants eat other ant species and spilled oil

Seeds, nectar, other invertibrates

Worms, spiders, sometimes small vertibrates, like lizards (Army ants)

Fungi recipe: Leaves and flowers