Tribute to ZeFrank - True facts about the Ant
Channel: Adam Jackson
Date: 10/05/2018

If i get enough interest i'll put some video to this and record it properly!  Better yet... Ze Frank if you are watching this - could you do an ant episode!



I wish ZeFrank would do a True Facts about Ants - they are the most amazing animals - 
They farm other animals, (including selective breeding) (Lasius N)
They Tend Orchards, (Atta S)
They produce external antibodies (all)
They have the largest proportionate brain size of any insect (All)
They technically keep pets (Myermica R and Phengaris arion) 
They squirt acid to put out fires (Formica R)
They design air conditioning systems (Formica R)
They break the rules of evolution and survival of the fittest (All, especially super colonies)
They create rubbish piles away from their homes to manage infection (Most - see Messor B)
They measure things (leaves, footsteps) (Atta and Cataglyphis)
They are the most significant herbivores in South America (Atta)
They can make paper nests like wasps (Crematogaster Rogenhoferi)
They can make honey like bees that they store inside certain individuals who dispense it on demand (Myrmecocystus)
They know to mate all on the same day somehow (Lasius)
They gather seeds, create granaries and then make it into dough for the winter (Messor B)

And so on and so forth!