Critters

Today’s quote:

When in doubt, don’t.

Ben Franklin


You can’t spell astonishing without ant. Today is a day to talk about the most numerous of all crawling critters on this planet. The information presented today comes from National Geographic and can be explored in more detail by clicking this link.


Ten facts about ants

1. There are over 12,000 ant species worldwide

2. The bullet ant is said to have the most painful sting in the world

3. Fire ants cause over 3 billion dollars worth of damage a year

4. Ants are the longest living insects

5. The ant is one of the world’s strongest creatures in relation to its size

6. Ants hold the record for the fastest movement in the animal kingdom

7. Ants can be found on every single continent except Antarctica

8. Ants are social insects which live in colonies

9. Ants don’t have ears, and some of them don’t have eyes

10. The largest ant’s nest ever found was over 3,700 miles wide


Other critters

wasp or bee?

critter carcass

critter eater

black and blue flier

moth? alien, maybe


Brain teaser:

Below are two columns containing the numbers 1 through 9. (You must imagine that they are cards on a table.) The left hand column adds to 21, and the right one adds to 24. Move a single card so that the two columns add to the same total.

1

2

3

7

8

4

5

6

9


A+

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