Jul 2 2009

The family that stays together, takes over the world together

Ant Guru

And let’s be honest here: when your family has got roots in Europe, the U.S., Japan, Argentina and, frankly, all over the world, they’re probably on a better route of doing so than us. Obviously, I’m talking about ants, but I’m specifically referring to Argentine ants.

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The family that stays together, takes over the world together

Argentine ant are very unique in that they actually act as one family! Fire ants will compete with other fire ants and even kill off other fire ant colonies. But Argentine ants live and love each other like brothers and sisters should… of course that depends on the family you come from, not sure which is more natural the fire ant family relationships or the Argentine ant family relationships.

Either way, Argentine ants are on their way to world domination!


Jul 2 2009

Worldwide ant "mega-colony" just an excuse for this Simpsons clip

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Here’s the interesting official story about how a single breed of ants has essentially colonized much of the world.

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Worldwide ant "mega-colony" just an excuse for this Simpsons clip


Jul 2 2009

Empire of the Ants

Ant Guru

A new BBC story reminded me of an old 1970s sci-fi  movie.  The BBC reports that “A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered. Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same inter-related colony, and will refuse to fight one another

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Jul 2 2009

Ants Take Over the World

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When I was in college, one of my professors said that, if you were to just objectively look at which life form this planet seems set up to support, you would never assume that it was humans, but bug–that they flourish in all kinds of environments and are adapted to the world and the world has adapted to them in such a way that this really is more their planet than ours.  We’re just a flourish at the end of a letter on a long sentence about life on this planet, but most of those words are made up

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Jul 2 2009

Huge Colony Of Ants Takes Over the Planet Today, the BBC brings…

Ant Guru

Huge Colony Of Ants Takes Over the Planet Today, the BBC brings news of a single “mega-colony of ants” that has “colonised much of the world”. Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same interrelated colony, and will refuse to fight one another

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