and place it on a foreign ant hill a mile away, what will happen to the ant? Will it be attacked and killed or "adopted"?
Also, if you re-release it away from ANYother ants, will it survive on its own, search for a new family or die?
2007-01-29 11:07:00 · 5 answers · asked by PG 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
This is actually a fascinating question - generally they'll detect it as an invader and kill it - however there are ants in south america that take slaves, they confuse the ants with pheromones and they end up doing the work of ants who've basically taken them hostage.
A single ant if taken from its group will just die. It is, after all infertile. Ants have queens to do all the laying of eggs for the colony.
There are lots of good books on the subject and I really advise you to look in to it. Did you know ants farm fungi and keep aphids like cattle, protecting them from predators and milking them?
2007-01-29 11:14:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The ant will be attacked and killed because the other ants won't recognize its sent and take it as a stranger and a threat.
If you release an ant from any other ants than I don't think it will try to find a family or survive on its own. It will probably try to find a way back home or TRY to survive on its own.
2007-01-29 11:13:33 · answer #2 · answered by this is me! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-03 05:19:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres a type of ant called the Argentine ant that will adopt other Argentine ants from any colonies from all over the world. Instead of working against other colonies, they work together for survival.
2007-01-29 11:22:42 · answer #4 · answered by Adrianne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very interesting question and you got some really interesting responses!
2007-01-29 11:25:45 · answer #5 · answered by citrus punch 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋