Moments with Yaya
Ants
Yaya loves to attack, stomp ants and especially in the morning she always seems to find them crawling all over and around in the kitchen. She sees the tiny little black specks running quickly amongst themselves, in all directions. How amusing and small they are.
A ant can lift 20 to 30 times its own body weight. If a second grader was as strong as an ant then she would be able to pick up a car, I know right! Moments with yaya ants has some facts that thehe queen ants can live for many years and have millions and billions of babies! Ants don’t have ears. Ants hear by feeling through vibrations in the ground through their feet. When ants get angry and fight, it is usually to the death, only one can survive !
There are more than 13,000 species of ants all over the world with such a wide variety. An ant can lift 20 to 30 times its own body weight. If a second grader was as strong as an ant then she would be able to pick up a car, I know right! Moments with Yaya ants has some facts that these queen ants can live for many years and have millions and billions of babies! Ants don’t have ears. Ants hear by feeling through vibrations in the ground through their feet. When ants get angry and fight, it is usually to the death, only one can survive!
LEARN ABOUT ANTS
Ants have been on our planet for over 100 million years! Another interesting fact is that unlike us, ants hardly sleep. Research has shown that ants take little power naps during the day called sleep episodes. Some ant species, such as the Mangrove ant, can swim, and glide over the water surface as if they were surfing o their feet.
Some ants, such as the red fire ant, can even give humans a nasty little bite, which causes a terrible burning sensation. These little and fierce creatures have been known to bite animals and also damage crops on farmlands. Other species of ants include the Argentine ant, the Carpenter ant, the odorous House ant, the Pavement ant and many more. All these ants have six busy little legs, which help them to hustle quickly away from predators.
Unlike many small insects, ants can live up to 60 days, with the queen ant living to almost 30 years. The only place in the world where you won’t find an ant is in Antarctica! Ants don’t enjoy being on their own, they live in groups called colonies. Each group of ants in the colony has a job to do. There is the queen, who is in charge of the colony. The male ants have wings and are only there to mate with the queen ant. The other female ants are the workers, who build, maintain and provide food for the queen and the baby ants. If the queen dies, the remaining ants in her colony will also start to die.
