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Army Ants, Always on the Go
Of the more than 9,000 different kinds of ants, army ants are among the most famous. They are usually found in tropical areas of India, Africa, and South America. Army ants, sometimes called driver ants, live in huge colonies that can contain millions of ants! Even when there's plenty of food around, army ants never keep a permanent nest. Instead, they move around in large groups, kind of like a big ant parade. They stay attached by using their hooked legs. Most of the ants are blind and instinctively follow the ant directly ahead of them. Army ants can devour anything from cockroaches to small mammals.
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It only seems like the world's entire ant population attends your picnics. Actually, countless ants can be found everywhere on Earth except on frozen parts of the Arctic and Antarctic, on the coldest mountaintops, on a few islands, and in the ocean. These insects live in highly organized groups called colonies, which can have many millions of ants.
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