Ant Facts | Facts about Ants

Exploding ant fact

There is an ant in Brazil that has a gland which causes the ant to explode like a bomb, spraying a sticky toxic
goo on everybody nearby. Now that's some hard core biology!

Amazing fact about soldier ants

In the ant kingdom some ants are soldiers, or army ants. These soldier ants are so genetically designed to fight,
pinch, clamp and sting that their giant pinchers prevent them from feeding themselves. They must rely
on other ants to feed them.

Top selling albums in 1980s

The top selling album in the 80s was Dire Straits Brothers In Arms followed by Michael Jackson Bad, and then Thriller, 4th best selling album Queen Greatest Hits

The number one selling album for the year 1980 was Abba Super Trouper, 1981 Adam & The Ants Kings Of The Wild Frontier, 1982 Barbra Streisand Love Songs, 1983 Michael Jackson Thriller, 1984 Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down, 1985 Dire Straits Brothers In Arms, 1986 Madonna True Blue, 1987 Michael Jackson Bad, 1988 Kylie Minogue Kylie, 1989 Jason Donovan Ten Good Reasons.

When is an anteater not an anteater?

The name anteater usually refers to the Giant Anteater but is also applied to the aardvark, the numbat, the echidna, and the pangolin. Together with the sloths, these animals comprise the order Pilosa. All these animals are known to eat ants and termites