Sunday, June 12, 2011

Argentine ant

  I have so many hobbies, and one of them is investigating weird creatures. I want to introduce Argentine ant, which is the most dangerous creature all over the world. It's actually listed up in "100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species".


  Although their bodies are smaller than general ants, they are extremely violent, cruel and numerous.  In general, animals kill other animals in order to eat them (to live), or to defend themselves or children.  However, Argentine ants frequently kill other animals to just kill.  Some of species which got attacked by them are completely extinguished.  They can easily increase, and make huge colonies.  Once they invade a place, many species are bound to disappear there.  Argentine ants kill not only ants or other insects, but also even birds, cows, sheep, or sometimes human babies.  That's why they are regarded as the most dangerous species in the world.  Although many researchers have tried to find the way to completely drive away Argentine ants, it's still unknown.  I really wonder why they are so violent.  One of universal rules which lie on all creatures is that animals must not kill others unless it's for survival.  But Argentine ants don't eat victims, and they don't stop killing until extinguishing victims.  It's scary, isn't it?


  And be careful, because Argentine ants are  a common household pest, often entering buildings in search of food or water (particularly during dry or hot weather), or to escape flooded nests during periods of heavy rainfall. Argentine ant colonies almost invariably have many reproductive queens, as many as eight for every 1,000 workers, so eliminating a single queen does not stop the colony's ability to breed.  It's really scary, isn't it?


  I want to give them calm mind loving peace.  The reason that I'm interested in such a horrible specie is simple. It's because I find them sad.  I hope there is a way that Argentine ants can live together with other species someday....

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the information. But I still think there is an undiscovered purpose for the killing instinct they have.. because as you mentioned it is a rule of thumb that killing nature is either for a survival or a defense.. I hope the ecology researchers will put more effort to resolve this interesting mystery

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  2. Chieu, that was quite different and highly amusing! Thank you for introducing this invasive species to us; I will make sure to avoid these dastardly ants at all costs. ;-)

    I must say, though, that I agree with Sabha that there must be some purpose to their apparently wanton killing.

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