1.There are all over 12000 ant species in the world.
2.Ants are evolved from around 130 million years ago.They are as old as dinosaurs.They have survived from during the cretaceous period.
3.Ants don't have lungs.They breathe in oxygen through spiracles.
4.Ants don't have ears.They hear through vibrations from the ground with the help of their feet.
5.Some Ants don't have eyes.Ants like driver ants have no eyes and communicate through their antennae.
6.An Ant can lift 50 times of its own weight.
7.Ants have two stomachs.One stomach holds the food for its own consumption and the second one helps to share food with other ants.
8.Black ants and wood ants have no sting.But they can squirt a spray of formic acid.some birds put these ants in their feathers as this acid helps to get rid of parasites.
9.Ants colonies have specialised undertakers to carry a dead ant.
10.Ants have a tough,water proof exoskelton which makes ants hard.
