Anyone who has battled ants in their house knows they are persistent, relentless, and numerous. You may also have heard that for every single human on the planet there are estimated to be millions if not billions of ants. Still humans have been thought to be the species with the largest range of habitat. New research indicates otherwise, that Argentine ants not only outnumber us but live on all continents except Antarctica.
These ants have piggybacked on us and have established megacolonies in the US (California large colony covers 900km), Europe (Mediterranean colony thought to stretch for 6000km), and Japan. But the crazy thing is that ants (who are notoriously territorial) from various megacolonies won't fight each other when introduced. This indicates that they recognize each other as being from the same colony. So if these ants can just outcompete humans they will achieve world peace.
Jul 1, 2009
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3 sucka ass fools had something to say:
I think these ants are what inspired Hitler.
By getting along with each other?
1. Do these megacolonies have one gigantic queen ant that is 80 feet long and two stories high?
2. Pteradactually is right. This seems to mean that ants can only get along if they are of the same megacolony (read: race) and would fight any ants that aren't from their colony. This would inspire Hitler.
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