Atta ants - photo and description

The most famous species among its tropical relatives. Atta live in communities, building entire underground cities. From birth, these ants are blind, but they are the only form of life that, like humans, conducts agriculture.

Atta Ants

However, the Attas came up with an incredible telecommunications system that is difficult to comprehend logically. In addition, ants have been found to have a functioning teleportation system. According to scientists, American ants have been using the secrets of teleportation for millions of years. In the course of research of this type, it was concluded that the atta possessed two amazing gifts: instantaneous movement and an unknown method of transmitting data over great distances.

This was prompted by the observation of blind creatures engaged in growing small mushrooms, constantly faced with the problem of transportation, but able to instantly restore order, assessing the situation with lightning speed.

Teleportation of the termite queen

Habitats

Atta ants primarily live in the American tropics. This species has more than 10 subspecies and some of them have been found in warm regions of North America and are even common in New Jersey.

Interesting!
Atta build the largest anthills in the world. Their diameter can reach as much as 10 meters, and their depth is about 6m. The underground habitat bears striking similarities to modern megacities. There are almost all modern life support systems, even water drainage and sewerage.

Conditions for keeping leaf-cutter ants

The humidity level in the living chamber of the formicarium should be from 50% to 80%, in the arena from 40% to 70%. The lowest humidity is allowed in garbage chambers. Typically 30% to 40%. The temperature regime of the formicarium is from 24 to 28 degrees Celsius. The arena allows a minimum limit of 21 degrees.

The arena, nesting chamber, and garbage chamber are connected by passages. The length of each move reaches 2 m. An ant farm can be acrylic, plaster, glass, or earthen. Optimal conditions for breeding insects include:

large dimensions of the formicarium;
good ventilation;
an extensive system of passages;

spacious arena;
the use of coarse and fine sand, black soil, and stones.

Features of family relationships

Atta ants The huge
atta family numbers over 5 million individuals. This whole family is ruled, as it should be, by one single queen. The queen of the atta ant is located in the middle of the metropolis. To protect it, the worker ant builds a special cocoon, which in terms of strength can be compared to concrete.

The first time after birth, the female atta works to reproduce a sufficient number of working individuals, which will subsequently provide life for the city. After this, it remains in its shelter and begins to actively increase in size. The female's protective bunker is comparable in size to a coconut and almost all of its space is occupied by the queen atta.

Housing

The female atta gives rise to a new family that lives for about 20 years. It itself is placed in a special bunker with thick, durable walls, reaching the size of a coconut. There are several small holes, each performing its own role - removing excrement, supplying food, removing eggs, entering midwives.

Ant atta

The uterus is completely isolated from society. Her main role is the reproduction of offspring, which she has been doing all her life - about 20 years. Several females can live - one main one, a couple of young ones.

The housing of the remaining atta ants is numerous passages, exits, chambers, warehouses, burial grounds and much more. All this is located at a depth of 6 m with a diameter of 15 m.

Method and features of reproduction

Reproduction of ants
In the family of atta ants, only 1 queen is responsible for increasing the number, in some rare cases there may be 2 or 3. It is noteworthy, but the size of the female exceeds the size of even the largest male ant by thousands of times.

The task of the queen is to produce exactly the category of workers that the settlement now needs. There are even atta-nurses for this purpose. They control the female’s feeding process. Depending on the type of food received, an egg with a representative of the desired rank is born.

Ponerines (odontomachus)

The maximum length of these ants is 1.5 cm. Their main striking specific feature is their massive hammer-shaped jaw, which is a formidable trap for the ponerine’s hunting objects. Despite their leisurely plasticity, their mandibles (upper jaws) slam shut with incredible speed, leaving no chance for prey.

PACYHONDYLA VILLOSA

Belongs to the ponerine subfamily. This tropical ant species can be confused with a bullet ant. PACYHONDYLA VILLOSA are not so large, however, the effect of their bite unites these ants with their “relatives”. PACYHONDYLA VILLOSA chooses dry tree trunks and areas with moist soil as its habitat. Their body is colored red and black, and is covered with a thick layer of hairs that have a golden hue.

PACYHONDYLA APICALIS

A distinctive feature of representatives of this species is hunting alone. Their average length is 1-1.2 cm. Their body is dark gray in color, and their antennae are bright yellow. This unusual color combination makes the PACYHONDYLA APICALIS ants look like wasps, and their peculiar “hopping” gait only adds to the similarity.

GIGANTIOPS DESTRUCTOR

The external resemblance of this ant to the representative of the tropical species described above is striking: size, color, movement patterns. They are distinguished from each other by the length of their limbs (in GIGANTIOPS DESTRUCTOR they are larger) and the shape of their eyes (large, located on the sides of the head). This is one of the most peaceful ants - it is absolutely incapable of stinging.

Lifestyle and nutritional habits

Many interesting facts have been revealed regarding the organization of labor among ants. This species is unique due to its ability to develop agriculture, which is not much different from human agriculture. The second name of the type of leaf cutter. They got it thanks to the way they obtained food. An adult climbs a tree, uses powerful pincers to cut off a leaf and carries it to the anthill. In search of food, the insect can cover a distance of up to 1 km.

Already in anthills, insects are able to grow entire colonies of fungi. They are based on chewed brought leaves. This is the main type of food of this species.

Interesting!
Atta can lift a load that is at least twice his own weight.

From the anthill itself, numerous paths diverge in different directions along which insects move every day. Even experienced road workers can envy the complexity of these roads. In the world of atta there are even cloverleaf-type endings.

Without a trace!

This fact could be explained by the fact that the ants kill the queen and then remove her remains through the lower small holes. But don't forget about the paint! There was no trace of her.

Further excavations and searches in the same anthill, sometimes lasting several hours, stunned all participants in the experiment: a few tens of meters from the place where the queen disappeared there was another heavy-duty concrete chamber, in which there was that same queen with all the identifying marks in the form of paint stains, - she felt great, ate food and laid eggs! And this was observed time after time.

Isn't this MP? And if not, then tell me how this happens? They want to convince us that the atta removes a concrete chamber 30 cm long, digs a tunnel with a diameter of 8 to 10 cm and a length of about several meters, digs another cavity 60 cm long, pushes the uterus into it and then builds a new chamber around it - and that’s it. this is in a few hours. This assumption does not stand up to criticism, since all reports say that the uterus disappears from such chambers within a few minutes - without even destroying the chamber.

Wouldn't it be more reasonable to propose a teleportation system for the most important members of ant society? From the point of view of some experts, there is something unpleasant about all this. Such things clearly contradict everything we have been taught, what we are used to seeing and what we like. But is this really more annoying than an electric current, which, being supplied to one end of a metal wire, does useful work at the other end? After all, until very recently, no one had a clear theory of what electricity was.

Sound passes through matter, light passes through matter, so why can't matter pass through matter? In any case, matter is 99 percent made of holes, and it is probably possible to leak through it in the same way that any of us can pierce a metal mesh with a stream of water.

If we manage to accept the principles of MP, going into deep space and even other galaxies may be extremely simple - maybe it will all come down to just leaking through space!

Kirill Butusov

Building entire underground cities. From birth, these ants are blind, but they are the only form of life that, like humans, conducts agriculture.

However, the Attas came up with an incredible telecommunications system that is difficult to comprehend logically. In addition, ants have been found to have a functioning teleportation system. According to scientists, American ants have been using the secrets of teleportation for millions of years. In the course of research of that type, it was concluded that atta possessed two amazing gifts: instantaneous movement and an unknown method over a huge distance.

Teleportation of the termite queen

Teleportation: true or false

Teleportation of atta ants
To answer this question, scientists had to make enormous efforts. The whole interest lay in the peculiarities of the behavior of the uterus during a threat to its life. If such a situation arises, the queen is able to quickly move to a completely different place and take the cocoon with her.

To confirm this, many photos and videos were taken. To do this, the uterus was marked with special paint. The individual was found already at a distance of about 400 m from its previous location.

The study of this phenomenon continues to this day, especially since the more the secrets of atta are revealed, the more questions researchers have.

Amazing creatures

What makes scientists excited is the ability of the queen and all atta ants to teleport in dangerous situations.
This is the main topic of controversy and disagreement among scientists. If the bunker is damaged, the queen atta ant inexplicably leaves the anthill and finds herself at a distance of several tens of meters from her former home. The female is capable of transmitting signals to relatives over a long distance - 5 km, and restoring a bunker similar to the previous structure.

Experiments were conducted in which obstacles were placed in the path of ants that were returning with prey through the studied area. When difficulties arose, a group of “police” ants appeared out of nowhere and cleared the road.

Campomotus (wood borer)

Golden Campomotus (Camponotus sericeiventris)

The insect has a very bright appearance: its black body is covered with a layer of shiny hairs, which sparkle with golden or silver tints in the sun. He has a rather interesting gait - he moves his limbs while pressing his abdomen to the chest part of his body.

Carpenter ant (Camponotus atriceps)

These are brown ants with unusually long limbs. Among ants that are active at night, this species is the most common. Their body is densely covered with a layer of hard hairs.

Dacetone Armigerum

Their habitat is tree trunks, where, settling, ants of this species form thousands of families. Their body has a light amber hue. The massive structure of the hammer-shaped jaw and three spines located on their body indicate active predatory behavior.

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Teleport ability

may have some usage limitations such as time, physical conflicts or range.

When teleporting, momentum can be retained, meaning that the teleported person can take damage after teleporting, rather than simply ending up on the ground (or anywhere else).
Not instant use. It may take some time for the user to teleport.
If the user's ability is based on calculation, then low intelligence or stress may prevent the user from using the power.
If the space-time coordinates to which the user is teleported are already occupied, then they may be thrown to another location or experience another type of teleportation glitch.
It may not be possible to teleport other teleporters due to spatial inconsistencies.
Teleported objects may lose their speed.
It is necessary to know or see the teleportation destination.
The ability can be used a certain number of times in a certain amount of time, and continued use can cause harm to the user, including death.
The user may only be able to teleport objects of a certain mass and density
Teleportation can be canceled by other powers.
Teleportation may be limited if it is interfered with by spatial noise such as rain, grass, or other extraneous noise
Teleportation can cause spatial disturbance, allowing highly sensitive opponents to track the user and their destination.
Teleportation is only possible to an already placed beacon (teleportation point).

What is a quantum computer used for?

However, even a limited form of teleportation can be a revelation. That's why physicists are working hard to create a quantum computer, a related technology that processes information using individual atoms or particles instead of transistors. Such a computer could significantly outperform traditional processors in such types of calculations as breaking code and solving complex equations. But will a quantum computer help teleport a person?

So, teleportation is a key technology in quantum computing because it allows the information produced by a computer to be retrieved without disrupting the rest of the system. This is the main difficulty in human teleportation - every single atom must be assembled in the correct order. In this case, it is necessary to analyze and describe not only each individual particle, but also the connections between them. Unless, of course, you want to teleport to Titan as a fly or a man with hands instead of a head.

A still from the Star Trek series. Perhaps this is an example of ideally working teleportation

But what about an unlimited form of teleportation that transports people from one place to another? First, extracting all the information from your body requires knowing the physical state of each atom, which requires complete decay. Roughly speaking, every time you enter a teleport, you die and then are reborn at the other end. Secondly, the amount of information required to reconstruct you is difficult to calculate.

Unfortunately, today no one knows how to collect and transmit such a quantity of information. That's why we can't teleport today. Yes, theoretically you can enter the teleport, but you won’t be able to get out. Just like in Heroes of Might and Magic III, when the hero enters a one-way teleport and finds himself in a place from which there is no exit. As a result, you have to start the whole game over again.

What the facts say

Since ancient times, a lot of evidence has accumulated about how people with paranormal abilities were transported over distances of tens of kilometers in a matter of seconds. Saints, as well as sorcerers, yogis and shamans masterfully master such skills.

But from time to time, episodes of teleportation also happen to ordinary people. Often such an ability opens up in a person spontaneously, in a critical life situation, under the influence of strong emotions. Here are several cases of movement in space that were witnessed by eyewitnesses.

In 1975 in Argentina, an ordinary man, Carlos Diaz, was returning home from work when he suddenly felt very dizzy. To avoid fainting, he sat down on the grass and closed his eyes. And when I took a breath, I found myself 800 km away from the place where I was originally located.
In 1971 in England, Mrs. Guppy, who has the gift of clairvoyance, was instantly transported from her house to a room where at the same time a group of people was conducting a seance.
In New York, on the subway, a young man suddenly materialized among a crowd of people, who, according to him, was in Italy a second before. An investigation was carried out, which confirmed that the guy did not invent anything.
An experiment was conducted in China in 1982, during which Zhang Baosheng instantly moved various small objects from one place to another with the power of thought.
In Russia in 1937, Volkov, a prisoner in the Kresty prison, suddenly felt severe dizziness. Trying to maintain his balance, he began to grab with his hands objects located next to him, and suddenly realized that he was standing on the bank of the Neva River and holding onto the railing.

Many more such examples could be given. They all say that teleportation, although relatively rare, is a very real phenomenon. It’s just that modern science does not yet know its laws.

[edit] Experiments with queen ants

This phenomenon was most likely discovered by naturalist Ivan Sanderson and tested through a series of experiments (conducted by him and his team) described in his book Beasts.

The essence of the experiments was that a huge, clumsy female specimen (scientifically called the uterus) was placed in a bunker, having previously been marked with red paint. When the bunker was open, or its wall was covered with glass, the queen did not teleport anywhere, sometimes she simply continued to lay eggs (her purpose in the colony) and without “maintenance personnel” she often died. But when the bunker was closed, the queen disappeared at that very moment. In a closed concrete bunker! After a thorough search, she was found a few meters from the place of the experiment, and an exact copy of the bunker was transported with her. The body of the uterus was indeed covered in paint, and the wall of the copy of the bunker in the new location was also smeared with paint, as on the original. Such experiments were allegedly carried out more than once and the result was always the same - the uterus moved with an exact copy of its bunker. The new bunker was undamaged.

Appearance

And although attas are not the largest ants, they build the largest anthills in the world and differ from the rest in their lack of vision. There are about 15 species of atta ants in the world. They live in tropical climates and are common in America.

Life of atta ants

Atta ants are no different in structure from other species. But an amazing fact concerns the uterus itself. The body size is much larger than its relatives, its weight exceeds 700 times. The reddish creatures resemble our black ants, but they have spines all over their bodies in the upper part. A photo of the representative can be seen below.