Mind you these are the larger black ants. I killed two and then got distracted and forgot to clean them up. A couple of minutes later I noticed there were two more ants carrying off the dead bodies.
2006-07-01 18:37:45 · 12 answers · asked by sapientia2010 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I can answer this for artificial ant nests, consisting of an internal nest and a "playground" outside. Decaesed fellow ants, like any other prey leftovers or rubbish, are transported from the internal rooms to a dump area outside the nest or to a dry unused part of the nest, i.e. to block entrances.
The victims of your formicide were probably considered as food resource for the larvae, rather than mourned relatives for ceremonial burial. However, I have rarely seen fellow ant parts fed to the larvae. This is due to the unique nest-odor, identifying nest fellows, be it dead or alive.
2006-07-01 23:15:16 · answer #1 · answered by Jan M 1 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Well, first they bring them away just for the respect part of it but then they take them to a public bathroom. After that, they flush them down the toilet and they go into ant heaven.
2006-07-01 18:42:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They carry them off to feed them to the colony.
2006-07-01 19:14:33 · answer #3 · answered by # one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Melvin is right-they eat them. Now for the funny answer: Kharma, Kharma, Kharma.
2006-07-01 19:01:42 · answer #4 · answered by Pup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They definitely are taking them back to the hill to eat.
2006-07-01 18:41:45 · answer #5 · answered by Shalindria 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are taking them to their sacred ant burial ground
2006-07-01 18:40:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have somewhere heard that ants bury their dead.
2006-07-01 18:52:54 · answer #7 · answered by kuttan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as far as i know they take them bak to the nest to feed to the larva
2006-07-01 18:43:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They eat them.
2006-07-01 18:39:32 · answer #9 · answered by Melvin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to the stone that has R I P on it
2006-07-01 18:42:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋