The Slave-Maker ant is so named because it raids the nest of other ants and steals their pupae. Once the pupae hatch, they are made to work as slaves. See more

Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is about equal to the total biomass of all the people. See more

Some birds have been know to put ants into their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid, which kills parasites. See more

Workers in an ant colony only live for about 45-60 days, but a colony's queen can live up to 20 years. See more

By combining force of numbers with organized aggression, ants have become the greatest insect killers on Earth -- even of their own kind. See more

Ants began farming about 50 million years before humans thought to raise their own crops. See more

The animal with the largest brain in proportion to its size is the ant. They are the smartest species of insects with about 250,000 brain cells. See more

The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right side. See more

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life". See more

The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children. See more

The turkey was wrongly named after what was thought to be it's country of origin. See more

The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. See more

The ant can pull 30 times its own weight. See more

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight. See more

An ant can survive for up to two days underwater. See more