Ants are smarter than you think! Ants have more than 250,000 brain cells, which makes them the smartest insect species on the planet.

2. Ants Have Been Around Since the Era of Dinosaurs
• According to recent studies,
ants come from the midcretaceous period, i.e.
approximately 110 to 130
million years ago.
• As a species, they are as old
as dinosaurs; perhaps even
older.
• Ants survived the whole
dinosaur-extinction-period and
came out unscathed. Counts
for something, right?

3. Ants are Brainiacs
• Ants are smarter than you
think! Ants have more than
250,000 brain cells, which
makes them the smartest
insect species on the planet.
• Ants live in complex
interconnected colonies and
co-ordinate all their activities.
• They even plan defensive
tactics, making them the
military strategists of the insect
world.

4. Ants are Incredibly Strong
• If you think your bulging
biceps are a symbol of
strength, think again!
• An average ant can lift
objects 50 times it’s own
body weight.
• Ants can lift the weight and
travel back and forth a tiny
mountain, repeatedly, if they
have to.

5. Ants Have a Big Army
• When faced with army as big
as
10,000,000,000,000,000, our
population of 7 billion looks
pitiful.
• They not only outnumber us by
billions, but their bodies also
possess powerful weapons.
• There is a species of
ants, called Bullet Ants, whose
bite can be more painful than
an actual bullet wound! Each
species of ant can boast of
having its own powerful secret
weapon.

6. Ants Practice Cannibalism and Slavery
•
Ants are known to practice
“dulosis”, an act wherein they
kidnap ants from other colonies
and either eat them or put them to
work.
•
They spray a nasty chemical in
their prey’s nest, which causes all
older ants to flee and when the
coast is clear, they steal the eggs.
•
The eggs are then poached or
eaten raw. If the kidnapper is
feeling really merciful, they wait till
the eggs hatches so they could
put the baby ants to work.

7. Ants are Globetrotters
• Scientists estimate that there is
no piece of land that ants
haven’t walked on.
• Ants are avid globetrotters from the wilderness of the
Caribbean to the frozen lands
of Norway, they can be found
everywhere.
• Ants have a greater tolerance
for extreme conditions than
previously believed.

8. With power so immense, it probably wont take long for ants to bring you
down. If you ever find that ant hives have laid siege to your house, call
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