Mary Allen
Aia ma kahi o 10,000 trillion naanu ma ka honua, no 9,500 mau ʻano ʻano ʻanoʻano ʻano ʻano ʻenekona, a ua like ke kaupaona ʻana me nā poʻe a pau o ka honua i hui pū ʻia.
ʻEhia ka nui o nā ʻanuʻu nui ma ka honua?
ʻO ka nui o nā ʻano ʻanoanu ola e pili ana paha i ka pūʻali koa; ʻo ke aliʻi wahine o Dorylus molestus, no ka laʻana, hiki ke piʻi i ka 8 knm ka lōʻihi (physogastric) i ka manawa paʻa, inā ʻaʻole 6.8 cm. Hoʻonui ʻia nā mōʻī wahine Camponotus gigas i 5 knm ka lōʻihi.
He naʻau ko ka ant?
Hiki ke pane ʻia ka nīnau me ka "ʻAe!" pane, akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi loa. He naʻau ko nā ʻiniko, akā ʻaʻole like me ka puʻuwai kanaka.
He lolo ko ka ant?
ʻOi wale nō mākou i nā ʻanuʻu: ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo kā lākou lolo ka helu ʻeono pakeneka o ko lākou kaumaha kino. ʻO kahi anthill maʻamau me 400,000 mau kānaka i like ka nui o nā pūnaʻi lolo me ke kanaka.
ʻEhia ka nui o nā ʻanuʻu no kēlā me kēia kolo?
Hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha nā mōʻī wahine a me 100,000 a 5 miliona mau limahana e noho ana i kahi anthill. Akā, aia kekahi mau ʻano ant nona nā kolone he mau kakini wale nō nā limahana.
He akamai anei ka ant?
Ma ke ʻano he kanaka, ʻaʻohe mea kōkua, akā ma ke ʻano he kolone, pane koke lākou i ko lākou kaiapuni. Kapa ʻia kēia mākaukau i ka ʻike hui a i ʻole ka ʻike swarm.
He niho ko ka ant?
ʻAe, he niho ko nā ʻanuʻu, e like me ka mea i hehi i ka puʻu ant hiki ke hōʻoia.
Ehia na maka o ka ant?
He liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a ulu maikaʻi nā ʻano maka me ka maʻamau he mau haneli mau maka (ma Pogonomyrmex ma kahi o 400, nā waiwai like i ka hapa nui o nā ʻano ʻē aʻe).
No ke aha la e lawe aku ai na popo i ko lakou poe make?
ʻO nā ʻanuʻu, nā pi, a me nā nalo pū kekahi i ko lākou poʻe make ma o ka lawe ʻana a kanu ʻana paha iā lākou mai ka kolone. Ma muli o ka noho ʻana o kēia mau ʻōpala i nā kaiāulu paʻapū a ua ʻike ʻia i nā pathogens he nui, ʻo ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā mea make ke ʻano o ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi.
Pehea ʻoe e lilo ai i mōʻī wahine ant?
ʻO ka mōʻīwahine wale nō e hoʻoholo inā ulu ka hua i ke kāne a i ʻole he wahine. Inā ʻaʻole loaʻa ka sperm i nā hua i ka wā e hoʻomoe ʻia ai - ʻo ia hoʻi inā ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻomoʻa ʻia - ulu nā kāne mai ia mau mea. ʻO nā mea hana a me nā wahine hoʻokamakama (nā mōʻī wahine hope) e ala mai i nā hua momona.
He aha ka hana i ka wā i make ai ka mōʻīwahine ant?
I kekahi manawa, hoʻomaka pū ʻelua mōʻīwahine i kahi kolo hou. Inā make kekahi o nā mōʻīwahine ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā mea hana mua, e hōʻike ana ke aliʻi wahine e ola ana i ka "kupapau kupapaʻu" e like me ka nahu ʻana a i ʻole ke kanu ʻana i ke kupapaʻu.
Hiki i nā pōloli ke hiamoe?
ʻAe, ua hiamoe ka ant. He mea weliweli inā hele wale ʻo ia i hope a i waho i kona ola a pau. ʻAʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo nō hoʻi ka moʻoʻōlelo o ka ant hana. Aia nā pae hoʻomaha e hele ai ke kanaka.
He aha ka inoa o ka ʻanat?
He mōʻīwahine, paʻahana a me nā kāne ko ka ant colony. He kāne ʻole ka poʻe hana, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole lākou he kāne ʻaʻole wahine, ʻaʻohe ʻēheu.
He makapō anei ka ʻanat?
ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā maka i nā aneto a pau, no laila maikaʻi wale lākou no ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻokoʻa o ka ʻōlinolino a i ʻole ka neʻe ʻana o ke kaiapuni. Ua ulu maikaʻi nā maka a hiki ke ʻike i nā contours.
Hiki i nā popo ke ʻai i nā kānaka?
No ka mea, he ʻāpana o nā iniseti i ka meaʻai i kēlā me kēia lā no ka liʻiliʻi o ʻelua piliona kānaka, ua hōʻike ka UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) iā lākou i kahi hōʻike piha i ka Pōʻakahi. ʻO nā pi, nā ʻupena, nā dragonflies, a me nā cicadas kekahi i manaʻo ʻia he mea ʻai.
He mea ʻawaʻawa anei nā ʻanuʻu?
Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, he nui nā ʻanuʻu he waha, i hoʻohana ʻia no ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka pale ʻana, a ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, he mea lāʻau ʻawaʻawa: Me ka maʻi ʻana i ko lākou ʻōpū, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokomo pololei i ka lāʻau make i loko o ka ʻenemi.