KIDS QUIZ
INSECTS AND BUGS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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ant
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ladybug
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grasshopper
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termite
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Detailed explanation-1: -Asian Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) can carry weights of more than 100 times their own body weight whilst upside down on a smooth surface. To do this, they have incredibly sticky pads on their feet.
Detailed explanation-2: -They focused their attention on the neck of the Allegheny mound ant (Formica exsectoides), which they learned could withstand forces as strong as 5, 000 times their body weight. The research was published in the Journal of Biomechanics.
Detailed explanation-3: -Of course, an ant weighs only 1/200th of a gram at most. So that big ant can carry only about 1/4 gram. A gram is only 1/28th of an ounce, and an ounce is 1/16th of a pound…so it would take several hundred ants to pick up each pound of the person.