Among the many interesting types of ants in the world are the "warrior"
or "Amazon" ants. These ants go out on robbing expeditions and capture
other ants' eggs, larvae, and food supply. They then take their loot
home, tend the eggs and larvae carefully until the young ants appear,
and make slaves of them for life. The warrior ants do nothing for
themselves after that.
Among the many interesting types of ants in the world are the "warrior" or "Amazon" ants. These ants go out on robbing expeditions and capture other ants' eggs, larvae, and food supply. They then take their loot home, tend the eggs and larvae carefully until the young ants appear, and make slaves of them for life. The warrior ants do nothing for themselves after that. They are fed, bathed, and protected by their slaves, and eventually become so soft and lazy that they are helpless if anything happens to the slaves.
They cannot even keep themselves alive without help. Another remarkable kind of ant is the African driver ant. This is probably the most dangerous and ferocious ant in the world. Driver ants travel in broad columns, devouring everything in their path. They are flesh-eaters, and will strip every speck of flesh from any bird or animal unfortunate enough to be caught in their path and unable to get out of the way. Even lions will run from them, and if a few succeed in swarming onto them and start biting, the animals run wildly to reach water, where they can drown their tormentors. In any land where the driver ants' columns travel, the natives get out of the way quickly when they see these small creatures approaching.
The vast majority of ants, in spite of the two unpleasant types just mentioned, are hard-working, industrious insects, with a highly-organized community life, and a very efficient manner of dividing and sharing the work of the colony. Every ant must work, or the rest of the workers will get rid of him. Termites are not ants, as many people suppose, though they look like ants.
