If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse.
Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight.
The combined weight of all ants is greater than the combined weight of all humans.
Ants are the most numerous type of animal.
An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.
Ant brains are largest amongst insects. An ant's brain may have the same processing power as a Macintosh II computer.
Thousands of years ago, King Solomon wrote: "Go to the ant, consider its ways and be wise".
The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days.
There are over 10000 known species of ants.
Some worker ants are given the job of taking the rubbish from the nest and putting it outside in a special rubbish dump.
Some birds put ants in their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid which gets rid of the parasites.
If a worker ant has found a good source for food, it leaves a trail of scent so that the other ants in the colony can find the food.
Army Ants are nomadic and they are always moving. They carry their larvae and their eggs with them in a long column.
The queen ant lives up to ten or twenty years.
Some ants sleep seven hours a day.
