Are Ants Taking Over the World?

Sounds like a tabloid heading, doesn’t it?

Researchers have found a “mega-colony” of Argentine ants that spans thousands of miles across multiple continents.

So far, the little bastards have claimed western Japan, the Europeans side of the Mediterranean (yes, the whole thing) and 530 miles of prime California coastline!

“The enormous extent of this population is paralleled only by human society” the researchers write in the journal Insect Sociaux, in which they report their findings.

So…the gauntlet has been thrown down, and they’ve grabbed all the real estate.

The original article comes from the BBC, and is a must-read.

Photo by myrmician

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