In smaller groups, fights can be ritualistic, as they often are in tribal human
groups. Honey-pot ants — they will face each other off. They stand on their toes
trying to make their enemy believe that they are much bigger.
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Ants seem to be similar to other animals in fighting, as other species also fight by seeing which of them is bigger, or competing. I wonder if there are other similar characteristics in different species, such as behaviour.
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Some ants within a colony are lazy. (Ants actually sleep; most people don't know that.) What we call "elite ants" end up doing most of the work. They can influence others to pitch in, however.
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It seems that ants are more complicated than we give credit. It appears that we humans have a lot more information we can learn about ants, as I have never heard of ants sleeping. How strange is that?
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Wow the ants are like me in a way. Lazy. now i know im not alone in this world! -
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Without the help of others, it's quickly dead.
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That isn't a good way to run a society but none the less a efficient one.
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no one has to be hurt. Ants are scared away, and the ones with the most left standing there wins.
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A method where no one has to be hurt is interesting. Millions of people die in our wars, but I'm sure we wouldn't be capable of one where we just "scare" each other away, unfortunately. I wish it were that simple.
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Some of the most dangerous species have that capacity, expanding their territories indefinitely to form super-colonies.
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Super-colonies are the best way to go, assuming that, from the size of the ants, a small group of them will be weak and helpless. Successful super-colonies are essential for the survival of many ants. This is a sign of adaption to their environments, which is pretty smart, instead of little amounts of ants scattered away from each other.
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There is a colony here in California that stretches between San Francisco and the Mexican border and weighs more than the entire city of Carmel.
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I've been to California before, and I'm pretty sure that the people there don't know about the "Very Large Colony." An ant colony weighing more than a city? Well, that makes it impossible to count how many ants there are... I wonder how much ants are born in that colony per day?
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I would Imagine that at that amount of ants, many buildings havent tented, and that possibly every street may have 2-3 queen producing 1000's of ants a week -
wow! thats a very big colony for ants right there! i wonder where the city of carmel is and how big it is.
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(Ants actually sleep; most people don't know that.)
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Yes, I didn't know! i always see ants scurrying from place to place never seeming to rest.
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I find it amazing that such little creatures can do so much damage to each other, and that they would act in such a suicidal activity
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Oh my gosh! I didn't even know ant colonies could stretch that far!!! And if it weighs more than a city...how many ants is that!!!???
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It is very uninventively called the "Very Large Colony."
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Ants invented agriculture and we call a ant colony very large colony. We are geniuses everyone take a bow.
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You can take an ant here in L.A. and drive it down to San Diego and drop it off, and it would blend in seamlessly with its nest mates there.
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Many of the species that were here originally 100 years ago are being driven to extinction by this ant
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So apparently ants aren't all good for the environment humans high five the ants you both are ruining the environment congrats.
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the relentless killing of whatever local species they contact.
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But in this floodplain region of Argentina, the water rises and falls.
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I didn't even know that ants invade each others "tribes" and have wars. I wonder if, with a little more research, people will fing that all species of animals do the same thing humans do.
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I think that this is pretty interesting because ants actually fight. This is a lot like humans because whenever we are with friends we tend to not hesitate but when alone we tend to stay quiet. I never knew ants could be so intellegent.
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I didn't know that ant wars can get very intense. These wars are just like human wars in the past because these ants just fight full on.
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Ant warfare must last a lot longer in this area because if they always have to establish terratory every time the water goes down, they can easily gain territory or lose territory.
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The result is that a single ant cannot function away from the group
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Marauder ants
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Some ants have chemicals they shoot out of a gland associated with their stingers. One species even drops rocks on the heads of its competitors.
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I did not know this at all! That is so cool. I thought that ants were harmless ;)
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That ha
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s happened here in California with Argentine ants
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. They came here about a century ago.
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