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Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 1:52am On Oct 26, 2014
Why Ants Carry the Bodies of their fellow Dead Ants, Have you ever wondered what Ants used these bodies for? This brings me to my short little story. When I was a child, I was filled with so much curiosity, I wanted to know more about them. I will always sit by their house or should I say hole and quietly hide and wait to see what they were up to. I must say they are really amazing creatures. Do you know, they actually perform a funeral for their loved ones? The Queen and other aunts will just gather round the bodies of the dead ants pay their last respect and then they head for the cemetery. I made a research today to confirm all this. Please Learn and Enjoy.

It makes evolutionary sense to move debris out of your tunnels, to recognize dead ants as things that need to be carried away so they don't block a passage or spread disease. Ant colonies (generically speaking) have a garbage dump on the outskirts of the colony. Trash, poo, and dead members of the colony are put in the dump. Interestingly, the ants that work in the dump are the oldest members of the colony. Dump worker is sort of your retirement job as an ant since you're close to death and will end up there anyway. So why carry dead ants to the dump if they die outside of the nest?

Most of what ants do is hardwired into their tiny little brains: instinct. I speculate that they don't differentiate between in the nest and outside of the nest when they come across a dead member of their colony on a trail. A worker running along a trail comes upon another dead worker and the instinct to move it to the dump just clicks in. Compiled by Edidiong J Uwah.

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 2:02am On Oct 26, 2014
Interesting, but I can't spot any science behind this post.

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Zoola91(m): 2:20am On Oct 26, 2014
D story sweet shaa... But not scientifically specified n proved

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Horrlah(f): 3:15am On Oct 26, 2014
CoolHunk:
Interesting, but I can't spot any science behind this post.
Me too
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by ggrin(f): 3:24am On Oct 26, 2014
Too much cartoons angry

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by rOsy247(f): 3:26am On Oct 26, 2014
ant is one tiny creature i hv always admired right from childhood. i enjoy watching them. cheesy cheesy their industrious nature is one thing that baffles me abt this tiny creature. no wonder the bible admonished the lazy people to learn from the ant. smiley
Deejacy2:
Why Ants Carry the Bodies of their fellow Dead Ants, Have you ever wondered what Ants used these bodies for? This brings me to my short little story. When I was a child, I was filled with so much curiosity, I wanted to know more about them. I will always sit by their house or should I say hole and quietly hide and wait to see what they were up to. I must say they are really amazing creatures. Do you know, they actually perform a funeral for their loved ones? The Queen and other aunts will just gather round the bodies of the dead ants pay their last respect and then they head for the cemetery. I made a research today to confirm all this. Please Learn and Enjoy.

It makes evolutionary sense to move debris out of your tunnels, to recognize dead ants as things that need to be carried away so they don't block a passage or spread disease. Ant colonies (generically speaking) have a garbage dump on the outskirts of the colony. Trash, poo, and dead members of the colony are put in the dump. Interestingly, the ants that work in the dump are the oldest members of the colony. Dump worker is sort of your retirement job as an ant since you're close to death and will end up there anyway. So why carry dead ants to the dump if they die outside of the nest?

Most of what ants do is hardwired into their tiny little brains: instinct. I speculate that they don't differentiate between in the nest and outside of the nest when they come across a dead member of their colony on a trail. A worker running along a trail comes upon another dead worker and the instinct to move it to the dump just clicks in. Compiled by Edidiong J Uwah.

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 3:36am On Oct 26, 2014
So what's their retirement age?

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by iamrealdeji(m): 5:21am On Oct 26, 2014
Deejacy2:
Why Ants Carry the Bodies of their fellow Dead Ants, Have you ever wondered what Ants used these bodies for? This brings me to my short little story. When I was a child, I was filled with so much curiosity, I wanted to know more about them. I will always sit by their house or should I say hole and quietly hide and wait to see what they were up to. I must say they are really amazing creatures. Do you know, they actually perform a funeral for their loved ones? The Queen and other aunts will just gather round the bodies of the dead ants pay their last respect and then they head for the cemetery. I made a research today to confirm all this. Please Learn and Enjoy.

It makes evolutionary sense to move debris out of your tunnels, to recognize dead ants as things that need to be carried away so they don't block a passage or spread disease. Ant colonies (generically speaking) have a garbage dump on the outskirts of the colony. Trash, poo, and dead members of the colony are put in the dump. Interestingly, the ants that work in the dump are the oldest members of the colony. Dump worker is sort of your retirement job as an ant since you're close to death and will end up there anyway. So why carry dead ants to the dump if they die outside of the nest?

Most of what ants do is hardwired into their tiny little brains: instinct. I speculate that they don't differentiate between in the nest and outside of the nest when they come across a dead member of their colony on a trail. A worker running along a trail comes upon another dead worker and the instinct to move it to the dump just clicks in. Compiled by Edidiong J Uwah.
ProfeSsor,thank you,lesson learnt
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Smartsyn(m): 5:23am On Oct 26, 2014
rOsy247:
ant is one tiny creature i hv always admired right from childhood. i enjoy watching them. cheesy cheesy their industrious nature is one thing that baffles me abt this tiny creature. no wonder the bible admonished the lazy people to learn from the ant. smiley
wait untill soidier ants attack you, you ll lost your admiration for those 'tiny creatures'..

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by SporaD8: 5:53am On Oct 26, 2014
Wow! Ant and Bees... very interesting creatures.

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 6:05am On Oct 26, 2014
ant ooooooooooo
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 6:44am On Oct 26, 2014
Tales From Moon-lit Nights...

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 6:49am On Oct 26, 2014
Interesting
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by mmimahbub(m): 6:52am On Oct 26, 2014
[size=14pt]SURATUL NAML. The 27th SURA in the Holy Qur'an (THE ANTS)

Significance Of The Title[/size]

The sura's name is taken from the ants whose conversations were understood by Solomon.Similar to Sura 13 (The Thunder) or Sura 29 (The Spider), The Ants has no thematic significance in the Sura beyond it being a familiar phrase amongst believers, a reminder of the sura's story of Solomon.

It should be noted, however, that ants do hold a privileged status among animals in Islam on account of the story of Solomon. Hadith literature tells of the Prophet Muhammad forbidding Muslims to kill the ant, bee, hoopoe, or shrike; it is no coincidence that the are both featured in Sura 27 and that Sura 16 is entitled The Bee. One interpretation for the ant's theological significance coincides with its role historically. As written in the 1993 edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, "Since early Antiquity, ants have been an object of admiration on account of ... the feverish activity with which they provide for their sustenance and the perfect organisation of their societies." This perfect organization under one cause correlates well with the Islamic idea of obedience, or ibadah.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/An-Naml

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by alexis007(m): 7:00am On Oct 26, 2014
...ants don't leave their dead behind...just like U.S. soldiers after doing recon in Afghanistan or Iraq.....THUMBS UP TO THE LAND OF LIBERTY!

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by fadjnr(m): 7:04am On Oct 26, 2014
To buttress you observation, the ants don't usually recognise that their "comrade" is dead until about 2days later, this is due to the fact that the dead ant begins to emit what is called oleic acid which is an indicator that the ants are dead and decaying , thus instinctively they carry the dead to the dump site.

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 7:06am On Oct 26, 2014
ggrin:
Too much cartoons angry
grin

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Georgematics(m): 7:09am On Oct 26, 2014
interesting
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by jnrbayano(m): 7:29am On Oct 26, 2014
Ants!

The most organised group in the world in my own books.

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by b3llo(m): 7:45am On Oct 26, 2014
Chinnaka...
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Jinyjagz(m): 7:52am On Oct 26, 2014
dey also fight war and dey av hospitals,since dey av soldier ants and nurse ants

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 7:58am On Oct 26, 2014
I was here.
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by TFLAME(m): 8:27am On Oct 26, 2014
Interesting
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Extom(m): 8:28am On Oct 26, 2014
This would have been an epic story, had it been longer, and concise. But right now,
#StoryForTheGods

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 9:04am On Oct 26, 2014
ants. on nairaland they are known as. . TANmites

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by plucky16(m): 9:06am On Oct 26, 2014
you guys should see "Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants" movie... interesting really
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by rattlesnake(m): 9:22am On Oct 26, 2014
I can't count how many ants i killed in my lifetime
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by SMALLPENIS(f): 9:44am On Oct 26, 2014
your theory is wrong, this the correct theory; www.nairaland.com/1969055/response-why-ants-carry-bodies#27494385
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 9:54am On Oct 26, 2014
Smartsyn:
wait untill soidier ants attack you, you ll lost your admiration for those 'tiny creatures'..
Lol No o Abeg...hehe.

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Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 9:55am On Oct 26, 2014
TFLAME:
Interesting
Thanks
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 9:56am On Oct 26, 2014
fadjnr:
To buttress you observation, the ants don't usually recognise that their "comrade" is dead until about 2days later, this is due to the fact that the dead ant begins to emit what is called oleic acid which is an indicator that the ants are dead and decaying , thus instinctively they carry the dead to the dump site.
Ok never knew, thanks so much for your contribution.
Re: Why Ants Carry The Bodies Of Their Fellow Dead Ants? A Must Read by Nobody: 9:57am On Oct 26, 2014
Jinyjagz:
dey also fight war and dey av hospitals,since dey av soldier ants and nurse ants
Really? Awsome.

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