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Matabele ant

Megaponera analis

Ko faati e innde ndee: The common name Matabele ant comes from the Matabele people, fierce warriors of the 1800s, because of the ant's organised raiding. The scientific name analis is Latin for 'anus-related', and it refers to the strong smell of its chemicals.1

Ina muusi tanIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.

Furmiiji

JukkugolIna ñaama: Teew

Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The Matabele ant is one of the largest ants in the world, and it hunts termites in raiding columns. It lives across much of sub-Saharan Africa. It is known for its teamwork, including rescuing and caring for injured nestmates.1

Ina wuuri e

Sub-Saharan Africa, from about 25° S to 12° N1

Afrik

Hello arano

Nests are mostly underground, up to 0.7 metres deep, and are often found next to trees, rocks or abandoned termite hills. Some nests also contain frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps.1

Juuteendi

5 mm haa 2,5 cm (0,2 in haa 1 in)1

Yaawde ɓurnde

hedde 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

E leydi yoornde, miijo

Hol ko ngal ñaamata?

They are termite-eating ants that raid termite feeding sites, focusing on termites from the subfamily Macrotermitinae. A raid usually involves 200 to 500 ants, which break open the termites' protective layer and rush into the galleries to kill them.1

No anndirte ngal

Worker ants are 5 to 18 millimetres long, and some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres.1
Larger workers make up to half of the colony.1
Minor workers have less hair and smoother jaws (mandibles) than major workers.1
They move in a column-like line when raiding termite sites.1
Their glands release chemicals that smell like human faeces.1

Doole tooke

Jukkugol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira jukkirgal.

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When attacked by driver ants outside the nest, they check each other's legs and antennae and remove any enemy ants clinging to them.1

So ina jukka

Loot nokkuuje jukkaaɗe ɗee, ɓuuɓnu ɗe.
So neɗɗo oo ina tampa e foofaade, yeeso walla daande mum ina ufoo, walla ina yiɗi yanaade, ɗum ko urgence allergi: noddu nimero urgence.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
So gooto jukkii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol to e aduna?

Afrik Aazi Orop Amerik Rewo Amerik Worgo Ostaraali e Oseyaani

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

hedde juutde no ñippirde kaayitaaje

Hol no Matabele ant mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

Kokiyaas ngesa hedde 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Matabele ant hedde 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

Heende hedde 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

They are the first recorded non-human species to treat the wounds of other individuals consistently, by licking them for several minutes.1

Injured ants send out a chemical call for help, and nestmates carry them back to the nest. This reduces the mortality rate of injured ants from 32% to close to zero.1

Injured ants that have lost one or two legs adapt to walking on four or five legs and can reach running speeds similar to healthy ants.1

Some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres, which makes this one of the world's largest ants.1

Frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps are sometimes found in their nests, and these frogs produce a skin secretion that calms the ants' aggression.1

Scout ants lead raids from the front and lay pheromone trails, so the other ants can find their way back to the nest.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal: Megaponera analis
Fedde: Furmiiji
Ɓesngu: Formicidae2
Ordre: Hymenoptera
Leyɗe mawɗe: Afrik
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso: The nest chamber holds the eggs, larvae, cocoons and the queen. New colonies are thought to form when a new queen leaves with some workers from an established colony.1
Bone e yimɓe: 2 / 5: Muusɗo3

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