Wowzers! That is very interesting.
Can't believe they can carry another ant, carrying another leaf haha! Some ants must just like to take it easy...
Cool post, I wonder why they pick out specific trees. Could they be chosen specifically so that they can produce better fungus? Or fungus with certain qualities? Like some super strength syrum? :P
Yeah, they are pretty cool and strong. I read that if a certain leaf starts to kill their fungus they will stop bringing that kind of leaf in and go find another one. So I don't know if some type of fungicide on the leaves would cause something like that... Apparently they have huge nests too.