Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

For many peoples, ants are considered the embodiment of hard work. These amazing creatures have created their own civilization with a strict hierarchy, separation of duties and huge underground cities, riddled with branched underground passages. In addition, ants are surprisingly good at adapting, being able to survive in almost any environment.

Ants originated from beings similar to the dinosaurs, about 110-130 million years ago. They lived side by side with dinosaurs, but they did not die out, unlike these giants.

Ant colonies can include from tens to millions of individuals.

On Earth live ants of 12,000 different species. The length of the smallest of them is only 0.07 centimeters, and the smallest - reaches 5 centimeters….

Sherabani Hajiyeva

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