Biology
Don't play with fire ants, especially in Africa, they can 'turn' your body into Sashimi!
Imagine, your body is attacked by a swarm of African fire ants, what will your body be like?
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Archeology
100-million-year-old amber discovered containing 'insects pretending to be ants'
Chinese scientists have discovered a prehistoric insect from Cretaceous amber that shows the earliest ant-mimicking behavior.
Animal world
New discovery: Ants 'vomit' into each other's mouths to form social relations
New research shows that the act of vomiting into each other's mouth is not only to pass food to each other, but also to form social relationships.
Biology
Parasitic tapeworm helps worker ants live like a 'queen' before dying in pain
Parasites often cause trouble for the host, but the tapeworm Anomotaenia brevis infesting ants keeps the host young and healthy.
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Big butt ant dish - irresistibly delicious specialties of Colombia
Some diners claim that Colombia's big butt ants taste like peanuts, crispy pork skin and sturgeon eggs. It is because of the special taste that this dish has become a fa…
Biology
Why are there ants in the house?
It's almost impossible to count exactly how many ants are on this Earth, but the estimate is about 10 billion billion.
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Why do the ants go back and forth to the nest, how did they do it?
Keep an eye out for these ants, some of which go ahead often use their jaws to drag the bait back, and so they have to go backwards. There is no ant that screams the dir…
Biology
Why are ants so crowded, but their whole nest never gets in traffic?
If you've ever observed a colony of ants moving, you'll find they never get stuck in traffic. Ants are the masters of man in organizing collective traffic flows.
Biology
Hard to believe but true: Ants specialize in 'kidnapping children' to survive
Kidnapping ', which seems to exist only in humans, also appears in insects, particularly ants.
Biology
Ants summon their fellow humans to survive in the bunker
The ability of the ants to survive for many years in a closed bunker surprised researchers.
New technology
The new metal cannot be submerged in water, inspired by fire ants
Fire ants and diving bell spiders have inspired scientists to create a water-resistant metal that can be used to build unsinkable ships.
Biology
Cold-blooded insects: Sand trap, sucking flesh inside prey
Hiding under a small funnel-shaped sand pit is a danger lurking around insects or even spiders.
Biology
This is what happens when an ant bites you, no wonder it hurts so much
Have you ever been burned by ants? In fact, ants don't bite you with their teeth.
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Forget the weasel cafe, now there is even a very toxic 'ant cafe' that can not afford to buy money
In the world, there is only one person who owns an ant cafe, Mr. João Neto, a farmer in Brazil, the country is like a global coffee kingdom.