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Kingdom   Animal
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Class   Invertebrate
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Family   Ant
 
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Status   Varies by species.
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Date Updated   Sun Feb 1 16:02:30 2015
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Ant Facts & Trivia for kids
- There is an estimated 22,000 species of ants.
- Some ants are herbivores while some are carnivores and omnivores.
- Ants are found almost everywhere on earth.
- Ants are highly social and live in colonies ranging from just a handful up to hundreds of millions.
- All ants have glands that secrete pheromones (chemical messages used for communication).
- Some ants can sting.
- Worker ants are wingless sterile females.
- Ants are not found in Antarctica!
- The worker ants are responsible for gathering food for the ant colony.
- Some Ant species will enslave other ants.
- Every ant colony has a queen.
- A group of Ants is called a colony.
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