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WORLD of WONDER
THE ANT AND THE LEAF
Ants have different roles, including the attas/leaf cutting ants, known for carrying pieces that they cut out on their heads. The leaves are carried back to the nest and chewed into a pulp. The decaying pulp is stored with ant feces and fungus spores, and strands of fungus eventually grow on the decomposing pulp. This fungus is what the ants eat. Leafcutter ants can carry almost 10 times its own weight. That’s like a 200 pound adult carrying a 2000 pound car up in the air. Ants weigh on average between 1 and 5 mg.