Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms
One Amazon species cooperatively builds extensive traps from plant fiber. When an insect steps on one of the trap’s many holes, hundreds of ants inside use the openings to seize it with their jaws.hundreds or even thousands of queens
. On Australia’s Christmas Island, the accidental introduction of yellow crazy ants in the early 20th century has led to a destructive infestation. The ants are a significant threat to the island’s endemic population of red crabs, displacing the crustaceans from their burrows or even killing them as they pass by ant nests during their annual migration from the forest to the coast.
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