Army ant
The Burchell's army ant is a tropical ant that moves in huge, organised swarms called raids. It lives in the jungles of Central and South America. Its raids are so large that many other animals, including birds, follow them to catch prey.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Colour varies from deep golden to dark brown.1
- Workers are 3 mm to 12 mm long, and there are four sizes of worker.1
- Soldiers have much larger heads and long, pointed, sickle-shaped jaws (mandibles).1
- Long legs and an elongated body give it a spider-like appearance.1
- Raids move as a loose swarm over the leaf litter on the forest floor.1
Nguvu ya sumu
Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.Hufanya nini akiogopa?
Soldier ants have much larger heads and specialised jaws for defence, and workers have a well-developed sting.1
Akidunga
- Osha na upoze sehemu zilizodungwa.
- Mtu akipata shida ya kupumua, uso au koo likivimba, au akijisikia kuzimia, hiyo ni dharura ya mzio: piga namba ya dharura.
Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza
Kaa salama
- Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
- Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
- Akikudunga: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.
Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
mdogo kiasi cha kukaa juu ya ukucha wakoArmy ant ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Workers can link their bodies to form living bridges and fill holes in the trail, so the whole colony can move faster.1
A single raid can be up to 200 metres long and use up to 200,000 ants.1
Over 500 other species live around these colonies, more than for any other single species, and over 300 are thought to depend on them.1
Colonies move their living nest, called a bivouac, almost every night, taking six to eight hours to relocate.1
Colonies can have 100,000 to 600,000 adult ants, all from one queen.1
Workers are a mix of four sizes, and genetics as well as diet affect which size an ant becomes.1
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Eciton burchellii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Eciton burchellii (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
Kila ukweli kwenye ukurasa huu una namba inayoonyesha chanzo chake. Kama tumekosea kitu, samahani, sisi ni wapenzi wa wanyama, si jarida la kisayansi. Tuambie kupitia [email protected] nasi tutarekebisha.
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