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Freaky Facts and Features of Creepy Crawly Creatures of the Rainforest |
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The Leaf Cutter Ant |
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The leaf cutter ant can carry leaves 2-300 times their own weight. The leaf-cutter ants are like farmers; they get all their food by themselves.
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Interesting facts Ants can communicate. There are 80,000 species of ants. Another name for leaf cutter ants is red ants. Leaf cutter ants have no sting or poison, but one powerful bite. Some colonies can have up to 500 workers. Ants usually live 2-4 years but the queen can live up to 20. |
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The queen ants job is to lay eggs and found new colonies. She may lay more than a thousand eggs a day. After the ants hatch they immediately start working. |
The ants farm and eat fungus. The ants do not eat leaves! |
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