Learning Life from the Ant Family

By | 08 December 2021 13:28:06 | 375 | 0
Picture by : Myrokan
Picture by : Myrokan

The Ants are like other living things, also have their own way of life. Ants have far more numbers than most other living things in the world. For every 700 million ants born in the world, there are only 40 new human babies.

The ant family is also very large. For example, you may have a family of 4-5 people. Conversely, in one family of ants, sometimes there are millions of ants. Now think of  a moment: if you have a brother and sister or a little brother or sister in the millions, can you live in one house? Of course not!

The specialty of ants is not only limited to this. Although these millions lived together, they had no problems with each other, no chaos and no rudeness. They live in a very organized society, and every party obeys the existing rules.

The ant family is also called a colony. An ant can easily tell whether another ant belongs to its colony or not. He does so by touching the body of the other ant with its antennae (a small thin stem that sticks out from the top of the ant's head), which helps it recognize foreign ants through the 'smell of colonies' they have. If the ants turn out to be foreign, then they will not be allowed to enter their homes. Sometimes they have to use force to force them to leave.

The ant colony consists of ant queens, male ants, warrior ants, and worker ants. The queen of ants and the male ant maintain the preservation of the type of ant. The queen of ants is larger than the others. The task of the male ants is to make the queen give birth to new ant babies. The soldiers are responsible for protecting, hunting, and finding new places to build nests.

The last group consists of worker ants. All worker ants are barren female ants. In other words, they cannot give birth to baby ants. They take care of the queen of ants and her babies, and clean and feed them. In addition, they also do other work in the colony. They build new alleys inside the nest, forage for food, and clean the nest.

Among the worker ants and soldiers there is also another division into smaller groups. Among them are breeder groups, nest builders and food-seeking groups. A group has a different job. When one group fights the enemy or hunts, another group builds a nest, and the other is responsible for the cleanliness and repair of the nest.

The work in the nest is perfectly divided among the ants. It is clear that the life of ants is very neatly organized and all ants are selfless. There is no jealousy, competition or ambition among ants.  They always help each other and do their best for their colonies.

Every ant always thinks of the goodness of his friends first, then himself. For example: As the food supply in the colony decreases, the worker ants immediately transform themselves into 'feeding' ants, and begin feeding other ants with food in their stomachs that serves as a store of food reserves. When sufficient food is available in the colony, they will turn back into worker ants.

The inside of the nest, there is work that takes place very neatly and non-stop. Thousands, even millions of warrior ants and worker ants carry out their work in a very well-organized manner. There are special rooms for each job, and these rooms are designed in such a way that the soldier ants and workers can work very easily and comfortably.

Also, there are rooms that must always be in touch with each other. Ants build these rooms close to each other, so that they can easily meet each other. The food storage room, where excess material is stored, is built as a separate room on one side of the nest. Barns where to store food are places that are easy to reach. In addition, there is also a large room located right in the center of the nest where ants gather together at certain times.

Anthills have an even warmth. Inside the nest is a very sophisticated central heating system. In this way, the temperature becomes unchanged throughout the day.

 

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