CUT OF LEAF CUTS: AMAZING power

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CUT OF LEAF CUTS: AMAZING power


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This ant can carry up to 20 times its own weight and has a sharp strong jaw which tears off large leaves easily. Ants carry large chunks of leaves to their nests in order to cultivate the fungi that sustain the lives of their colonies.
In its lifetime, a colony of these ants may move over 20 tons of soil. In a lifetime.