The mighty ant can lift food and building materials 20 times its own bodyweight. But these fascinating photos reveal the softer side of a bug's life. Full Story »
Posted by Iain Macdonald
This article is hopeless. The photographs are pretty, sure; but there, the positives end. The article seeks to make us believe ants have well-developed brains capable of affection, and have things like mothers and sons playing. What nonsense! Queen ants never leave the nest. They are the only fertile female, except when winged females are produced to start new colonies, and therefore the only "mother". Neither are ants capable of things like fun. The existance of an ant is purely a functional one.
