Top 10 Awesome Things You Didn't Know About Ants

We share our food, and even our homes, with ants, and can't seem to get away from them, no matter where we travel. But, despite their relative constancy in our lives, we don't seem to know much about ants, aside from the fastest way to kill them. As it turns out, there are a great many intriguing facets about ants, many of which paint the little critters as shockingly close to human. As it turns out ...

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10. They Can Stitch Up Wounds
9. Before God Created Man, He Created Ants First
8. They Dispose Of Their Dead
7. They Can Clone Themselves
6. They Teach Their Young
5. They Know How Agriculture Works
4. They Use Herbicides And Disinfectant
3. They Raise Livestock
2. They Wage Wars
1. They Practice Slavery

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