The Leaf-cutter Ant is one of the most widespread insects in the Amazon Rainforest. These ants are one of the primary consumers of vegetation in the Amazon. Leaf-cutter ants live in large colonies, sometimes reaching three million ants. Leaf-cutter ants build gigantic hills for their home. These homes can often be thirty feet across and twenty feet deep, with multiple entrances spread throughout hundreds of yards. The diet of this ant is actually quite surprising. The ants do not actually feast leaves, but on fungus. This fungus is grown when the ants bring the leaves they cut inside of their colonies. This is the only place where this certain type of fungus can be found. On another note, the large jaws of the Leaf-cutter ants are strong enough to break human skin.