Monday, October 4, 2010

About An Ant.

An ant is the most inspirational insect on this earth for humans but we know very less about an ant so I am sharing some lesser known facts about ants .
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Ants are said to be the only living being colonized  at every part of the globe except Antarctica. Ants are social insects of the family formicidae .Ants evolved from wasp like ancestors 110 to 130 million years ago.
An ants success in so many environment has been attributed to their social organization and their ability to modify habitats, tap resources ,and defend .
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Humans cant ignore this insect in any way as they have learned lessons of organization ,hard work, zeal ,and not giving up in any situation .ants also play a big role in today’s management study .
An ant have largest brain in proportion to its size they are the smartest species of insects with about 250000 brain cells. The total biomass of all the ants on earth is roughly equal to the total biomass of all the people on earth. An ant is able to lift about 20 times of its own body weight.
The caste system is also the system introduced by the ants as they lived in colonies and they had divided themselves into different caders for example queen ant ,male ants ,worker ants and soldier ants …
So friends next time when you see an ant don’t just walk away try to learn from this tiny insect .