The individuals see the task before them that needs to be done, and they do it, without being told. Somehow he managed to pack all these complexities into an extremely tiny body and an even tinier speck of a brain. There are thousands of species of ants. Ants from the time of the dinosaurs have been preserved in amber. They are identical to those living today.
Some ants squirt a stinky fluid at their enemies.
Driver ants have reportedly killed a wounded elephant and stripped its bones clean. Masses of army ants are clever enough to cross rivers. Play our Killer Bees game. The movie Antz , we have a review. Find answers to more of your questions.