- Ants can lift more than 3 times their own body weight
- An ant has two stomaches, one for food for itself and one for food for other ants in the colony
- There are more than 10 000 know ant species
- Ants have the largest brain amongst insects
- Ants do not have lungs, they ‘breath’ oxygen through tiny holes all over their bodies
- Some cultures use ‘ant sutures’ by coaxing insects to bite the wound edges with their jaws and then twist off the insects’ heads, leaving behind a stitch/staple
- Ants are used to help harvest rooibos
- Ants like to live in my kettle!
LOL I assume you’re getting exterminators soon 🙂
Gonna try ant traps first… yuck!
Lol I HAD to giggle at the last one!! I cant even tell you how many cups of coffee/tea I’ve had to throw out!!! Haha when J’s pees me off I leave his as is…bwhahahahahah
Oh Gd! you made me snort! thats hysterical!!!
Oh dear! I read your FB update – that is really upsetting!
I hate ants more than flies or mozzies cos at least those two you can kill – ants are immortal little savages!
They are hey? can not get rid of the fuckers!
I found an ant nest under my kettle once, after a huge rain they decided that was the safest bet. Not!
Ants like my dog’s food and they like my kitchen dustbin! Better then my kettle I suppose!