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Capella Gonzalez

Mark Moffett Ants | The 'Jane Goodall of ants' - Page 2 - Los Angeles Times - 16 views

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  • 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.
    • Beobgwan Do
      Beobgwan Do on 25 Aug 11
       
      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.
  • 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.
    • Beobgwan Do
      Beobgwan Do on 25 Aug 11
       
      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?
    • sam fleischer
      sam fleischer on 26 Aug 11
       
      very bob very...
    • Chloe Chalekian
      Chloe Chalekian on 26 Aug 11
       
      I never heard that ants could sleep either. Interesting....
    • Emma Baehrens
      Emma Baehrens on 26 Aug 11
       
      All creatures hawe to sleep sometimes. you guys didn't know that?
    • mako ushi
      mako ushi on 27 Aug 11
       
      Wow the ants are like me in a way. Lazy. now i know im not alone in this world! 
    • Capella Gonzalez
      Capella Gonzalez on 28 Aug 11
       
      I guess theres always things that are going to be lazy! even ants :)
  • Without the help of others, it's quickly dead.
    • sam fleischer
      sam fleischer on 25 Aug 11
       
      ants lack individuality and they can't survive outside the colony.
    • Chloe Chalekian
      Chloe Chalekian on 26 Aug 11
       
      That isn't a good way to run a society but none the less a efficient one.
    • Emma Baehrens
      Emma Baehrens on 26 Aug 11
       
      as much as i hate to say it, you're right sam, thats super smart :(
    • mako ushi
      mako ushi on 27 Aug 11
       
      This just shows that the ants are interdependent on each other.
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  • no one has to be hurt. Ants are scared away, and the ones with the most left standing there wins.
    • Fumi Hata
      Fumi Hata on 25 Aug 11
       
      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.
  • Some of the most dangerous species have that capacity, expanding their territories indefinitely to form super-colonies.
    • Fumi Hata
      Fumi Hata on 25 Aug 11
       
      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.
  • 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.
    • Fumi Hata
      Fumi Hata on 25 Aug 11
       
      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?
    • kris kadzielawa
      kris kadzielawa on 26 Aug 11
       
      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
    • Tia Matsumura
      Tia Matsumura on 26 Aug 11
       
      wow!  thats a very big colony for ants right there!  i wonder where the city of carmel is and how big it is.
  • (Ants actually sleep; most people don't know that.)
    • Akela Baldwin
      Akela Baldwin on 26 Aug 11
       
      Yes, I didn't know! i always see ants scurrying from place to place never seeming to rest.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 26 Aug 11
       
      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
    • Natalie Koch
      Natalie Koch on 26 Aug 11
       
      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!!!???
  • It is very uninventively called the "Very Large Colony."
    • Chloe Chalekian
      Chloe Chalekian on 26 Aug 11
       
      Ants invented agriculture and we call a ant colony very large colony. We are geniuses everyone take a bow.
  • 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.
  • Many of the species that were here originally 100 years ago are being driven to extinction by this ant
    • Chloe Chalekian
      Chloe Chalekian on 26 Aug 11
       
      So apparently ants aren't all good for the environment humans high five the ants you both are ruining the environment congrats.
  • the relentless killing of whatever local species they contact.
    • Chloe Chalekian
      Chloe Chalekian on 26 Aug 11
       
      The huns in miniature.  oh man I don't want to be an ant.
  • But in this floodplain region of Argentina, the water rises and falls.
    • Annie Schiffer
      Annie Schiffer on 26 Aug 11
       
      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.
    • Kai Funakawa
      Kai Funakawa on 26 Aug 11
       
      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.
    • Ichi Manabe
      Ichi Manabe on 26 Aug 11
       
      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.
    • samuel He
      samuel He on 26 Aug 11
       
      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.
  • The result is that a single ant cannot function away from the group
    • Tia Matsumura
      Tia Matsumura on 26 Aug 11
       
      Even ants use teamwork to get the job done!
  • Marauder ants
    • Tia Matsumura
      Tia Matsumura on 26 Aug 11
       
      I wonder what kind of ant that is
  • 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.
    • Capella Gonzalez
      Capella Gonzalez on 28 Aug 11
       
      I did not know this at all!  That is so cool.  I thought that ants were harmless ;)
  • That ha
  • society
  • s happened here in California with Argentine ants
  • . They came here about a century ago.
    • Capella Gonzalez
      Capella Gonzalez on 28 Aug 11
       
      How did the ants get to California?
Emma Baehrens

Ants AOW - 3 views

I think the "dear enemy phenomenon" is super awesome. I wonder why people don't know that ants sleep. All creatures sleep right....right?

started by Emma Baehrens on 26 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
Billie Napoleon

General Guidelines - 25 views

Hello All, For AOW, annotate at least three times. Please note that although I have posted a few articles, they have not been assigned. But if you want to read them ahead of time and share yo...

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