2006-07-12 14:58:52 · 9 answers · asked by ddhjr13 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
this was asked by my 10 yr old
2006-07-12 15:38:25 · update #1
4.12 [2000.04.07] Do ants "go to the bathroom"?
They do in a quite literal sense. Ants use out-of-the-way
chambers in their nests as bathrooms. They may also deposit trash
in the same chambers. Of course, when they are outdoors, the ants
simply deposit waste wherever they happen to be.
Like all animals, ants both defecate and urinate. Feces are the
undigestible particles that pass through the digestive tract, and
since ants have very narrow gullets and swallow only liquids and
very small particles, they don't produce much feces. Urine is the
metabolic waste released by cells into the blood, and then
filtered out by organs called Malpighian tubules. In ants, the
main component of urine is whitish crystals of uric acid. Usually
the urine and feces are excreted together as light brown
droplets. To ant farmers, these droppings are visible as small
brown smears in one corner of artificial nests. --Dr. Ant
2006-07-12 15:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by tagi_65 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Even ants poop.
2006-07-12 15:47:16 · answer #2 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You truly have the mind of a super genius to ponder such profound and interesting questions.
2006-07-12 15:20:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have chambers in the nest dedicated to trash/feces deposit. They recicle this by means of fungi, some of this fungi are edible for them and some are just cleanning aids.
2006-07-12 15:01:39 · answer #4 · answered by pogonoforo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know if they do!!! i know they eat and then throw up some of the stuff to feed the queen ant...
2006-07-12 15:08:07 · answer #5 · answered by mz.Tiza 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they use an ant bathroom
2006-07-12 15:01:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they piss as they move thats why they walk single file, one follows the other to the food.
2006-07-12 15:01:24 · answer #7 · answered by microsvc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do.
2006-07-12 15:02:01 · answer #8 · answered by Chainsawmom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure they do, but, who cares??
2006-07-12 15:01:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋