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Ant Fact Number Eighteen

jonathan ratautas • March 27, 2021

How many ants? We are doomed!

How can this be? After all, ants are so tiny, and we're so much bigger.


That being said, scientists estimate there are at least 1.5 million ants on the planet for every human being.


Over 12,000 species of ants are known to exist, on every continent except Antarctica.


Most live in tropical regions. A single acre of Amazon rainforest may be home to 3.5 million ants.


Anyone else feel uneasy?

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