2006-08-12 05:42:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
EVER lived? 15% of the earth's animal biomass today are ants. I would not have believed that until I went for hike up the mountains last week. Ants evolved from a type of wasp in the Cretaceous Period 120 million years ago but really didn't reach dominance until Tertiary Period about 60 million years ago.
In the book "Collection of Amazing Animal Facts" by Joan Embery and Ed Lucaire, it is claimed "Scientists estimate that there are one quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000) ants living on the earth at any given time."
Harvard biologist EO Wilson is an expert in ants. His estimate is between ten to the sixteenth and ten to the seventeen or: 100,000,000,000,000,000 ants.
Over them last 120 million years, it would be a very large number indeed.
2006-08-12 05:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by Kitiany 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-12 12:43:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than 5, less than infinite.
Or...100000000000004 0000000000000000000 2000000000000000007 00000000000003 0000000000000 900000000000000 300000000000000 600000000000000000 01 000000000000000 800000000000000 2000000000000000 7000000000000 00009000000000000000 006000000 000000 040000 00000
give or take 3 or 4...
2006-08-12 12:49:13 · answer #3 · answered by loggrad98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just count their legs and divide by six.
There are over 10000 known species of ants, by the way.
2006-08-12 12:45:03 · answer #4 · answered by Plasmapuppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sum of ants ever = (pi x infinity)+(hairs on your back - answers to this question)2
2006-08-12 12:45:48 · answer #5 · answered by Terry Legendary 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no ants. It is all your imagination.
2006-08-12 12:49:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
more than 100000000000000000 trillion ants
2006-08-12 12:46:50 · answer #7 · answered by garo_babahekian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100 billion gillion.
2006-08-12 12:45:31 · answer #8 · answered by Scoot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there isnt a number big enough
2006-08-12 12:48:10 · answer #9 · answered by Kismet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And this important to know, because...?
2006-08-12 12:49:05 · answer #10 · answered by Barbara M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋