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What are the characteristics of ants?

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For being so small, ants have many characteristics. They are able to carry things up to fifty times their own weight. They also have the ability to build large colonies. Within these colonies they have hierarchies that include the queen, workers, and solider ants that protect their colonies.

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well among other things they are the only species on the planet other the humans who have agriculture and wage wars

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ants have no actual legs. they actually slither around like snakes. they have been in our earth for onlu 100 years.

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Ants are very strong infact they can lift a very heavy leaf!

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they are strong for being small, hardworking, many different types, eaten some places instead of popcorn, etc.

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