February Warthog Post

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February 2018

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Jordi Woerts Volunteer Photographers The Nederlands

The first two months of the year are almost done and as usual we've had a lot of nice welcomes and sad goodbyes.

Sixteen people have joined the Dumela family so far and we use that term with all seriousness, everyone that joins us is a member from the start and we work, live and socialise together. Strong friendships and connections grow because the time here is intense; volunteers are with their groups for weeks, almost twenty four hours a day. However, as with the passing of time, so it happens that we have to say the inevitable goodbyes too albeit bittersweet and full of memories.

As Taylor left us Marine took over her position as the Research Coordinator. We’re very happy to have her in the Research Team and are excited to work with her in a different way!

Lorena Peter Photography assistant Switzerland Subscribe by mailing: warthogpost@africanimpact.com to keep yourself updated with the latest news!

Cover shot: Lorena Peter, Photography assistant, Switzerland

Research Volunteer Hi! My name is Charline and I’m from Switzerland. Like all little girls, at the age of 6-8 I discovered the Jungle Book and the Marsupilami, I had a revelation that I was passionate about wildlife. I dreamed then of saving all the animals from disappearing and to make areas like savannas and jungles just for them where they will never be disturbed.

During the summer of 2017, I began to prepare my gap year, so I decide that it's time for me to conquer the dreams I had as a little girl. December 16, 2017, I arrived on the African Impact team in their project "African Big 5 and Wildlife Conservation".

I discovered a lot of species during the first week, except big cats ... I understand while talking with the other volunteers and the whole team that will be difficult during my 7 weeks to see them. My dream of a little girl falls a little bit ...

Who has never dreamed of a meeting face to face with a lion, a leopard, a hyena or for the luckiest one‌a cheetah ...?

What is certain is that I learned something about wildlife, when you think too much about something, you will never see it. It's when you let go and you let the "Bush" show more of its beautiful facets that you take in the full view and breadth.

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Jackals are monogamous, a male and female will pair for life. If one of them dies, it is not unusual that the other one loses the territory and may even die as well.

They live in extended family groups where the cubs will help in raising the next littler and when they are old enough they make excursions further and further away until they find their own niche to settle down.

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It was at the end of my first week, when I had given up all hope of seeing a big cat, and during a research drive we stumbled upon a beautiful male Leopard who was simply resting between the trees.

We stayed for 12 minutes looking at him then he quietly stood up and disappeared into the bush.

What an incredible experience, the feeling of having accomplished a dream, the feeling also of not knowing if you can move, breathe, cry or simply say the words describing what has just happened.

A few days later, to our greatest surprise, we come across a picture of a male on one of our cameras traps. Right away I began trying to identify it, with those already ID’d in our files. We had enough pictures of him from both sides to determine he was the same male we had seen during my first week.

I realized, with the help of the team, that we had in front of our eyes, and now in photos, a new male to add to our Leopard Survey. We had to create his own "identification kit" and especially to welcome him here, hoping he will have a long life.

After long and beautiful days here and good discussions with all those passionate people working in Dumela, I finally realized that I had the opportunity to live here. Thank you very much to all the team for giving me the opportunity to live in this incredible moment. There have been many special moments here and I hope to have even more during my time. And especially a big thank you to MBL6 for making my dream come true ... I wish you a long and beautiful life in Buffaloland... or elsewhere, we are never sure of our mysterious leopards....

Charline Robert-Tissot, Research Volunteer, Switzerland

The easiest way to recognise a waterbuck is by it's white ring around the rump. This ring is a “followme” sign; when they get hunted they flee, often into water, the white ring helps to fallow each other.

Waterbuck bulls are very territorial, they try to find the best place to attract females. A female herd visits different territories and goes back to the most favourable more frequently. A good territory has water and enough food resources.

Tripod A tripod is a great piece of kit for a photographer, especially if you're wanting to take long exposures of the stars.

Before you buy a tripod you should invest some time to research which fits your photography and life best. It needs to be supportive and stable, but a heavy tripod can be troublesome if you plan on doing lots of walking.

Living and working in the Cotswolds, England, my family and I are very fortunate. We are surrounded by rolling countryside, beautiful birdlife, quintessential English villages and farms with opportunity around every corner. My son, Ben (15 years) studies at an excellent state secondary school and my daughter, Hannah (6 years) is in her early years of primary school. Having worked hard to achieve my goals I am now at the stage of my life where much of my focus is on the development and coaching of others to fulfil their dreams and make a difference in our chaotic world.

I asked my son, Ben to join me on the Conservation and Community Project and was thrilled when he agreed with huge enthusiasm. I was even more delighted when his school could not have been more supportive of his time away from classroom studies emphasising the learning opportunity/experience to be had from overseas travel with volunteers from all continents working in a microenvironment so removed from Western noise and the digital age.

Engaging the local community with the reasoning to our research and project is pivotal to its success – the future of our planet depends on our generation and the next.

Our children have the opportunity to learn from our mistakes as well as from our knowledge to further protect and enrich our global home. As such, the time spent at reading club with yr 10 students at Seganyane Primary School and gardening at the community Sasekile Gardens with Taelo were hugely rewarding.

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Ground-Hornbills usually livxe together in groups of 4 to 5 birds.

A female bird will join the group of males to form a new flock. The dominant pair within the flock mate for life and the other member help to defend the territory.

The males bring nesting material and food for the female for when she enters the cavity and is ready to breed, When the female has her first egg, she will not leave the nest.

The enthusiasm to learn and do the right thing as well as having fun was truly uplifting. Smiles were abundant as the children were praised for their English pronunciation and comprehension understanding at reading club and Taelo was so proud when we purchased his vegetable harvest for the day. The task is far from easy – working sun baked soil in 30degrees temperature for 2 hours feels like a full day’s work – but the reward far outweighs the blisters and dust. If we can all help these rural communities understand the importance of and practice sustainability through farming we will have made a difference.

Similarly the task of reading with yr10 students whose exposure to the English language for merely 12months is not without its challenges – the concept of learning phonetically is absent in the curriculum so it’s all about encouragement and positive reinforcement – and there is nothing more reinforcing than celebrating reading success with group games at the end of the club and seeing all the kids ‘high-5’ and hug my son and myself at the end of the afternoon – huge smiles were in bounty from both cultures. If you have a similar desire to help those less fortunate than ourselves to fulfil their potential and at the same time make a positive impact on our vulnerable planet this is a project where you will leave feeling having made a contribution.

Mark Bright, Combo Volunteer England

Farmers of the Future has seen some incredible developments since the projects inception and launch in June 2017. With the establishment of our Sasekile Gardens, the introduction and training of a concentrated group of subsistence gardeners, we all worked together to breathe life into phase one of this four phase social development program. Phase one looks to work with young adults from the local community and initially teach them the basics of subsistence gardening (growing food to eat).

In the first 3 months of this 6 month phase each gardener completed a full crop cycle from preparing the ground, to planting, maintenance of their plots and finally harvesting. After that they started the cycle off again. Within these six months we had the additional tasks of putting up a fence around the whole garden to both protect from animals coming in and eating the crops and to also give the gardeners ownership over their plots. We established a composting station, we negotiated regular access to good water and ran a basic agricultural curriculum all at the same time.

All of the above was made possible by the hard work of the gardeners, incredible dedication (and donations) from African Impact volunteers and generous donations to the African Impact Foundation, without which none of this would be possible.

In this 6 month period, throughout our three projects we had 190 volunteers join us here in the Greater Kruger area. Each volunteer whether on research, community or photography projects spends some of their time with us in the local community helping out to learn about true sustainability - and what an impact every single volunteer made!

Within these two crop cycles over the 6 months from June to December the gardeners each found their own great success. Every one of the gardeners enjoyed the spoils of their hard work. Portia grew 42.3kgs of vegetables, Taelo harvested 74.3kgs, Bheki managed 46.8kgs, Remember - 42.7kgs and Mission, after enjoying some of the food for himself and his family went to study administration at college – we are extremely proud of him for this brave move!

Today we find ourselves in phase 2 of this highly successful project, with a new group of subsistence gardeners joining the project at phase 1 in Sasekile Gardens our previous phase 1 gardeners now graduate to phase 2 where they establish a much larger ‘minifarm’ at Sunguti Farm (‘New Beginnings Farm’). Sunguti is a 1 hectare area where our gardeners become ‘first-stage-farmers’.

In phase 3 we see our gardeners taking on an even larger area where they become what we term as ‘fully-fledged-farmers’. Sunguti is located on a beautiful piece of fertile land, with rolling hills and a river running through, this is an idyllic spot in the Acornhoek area for our gardeners to graduate to the next level of business development and self-sufficiency. The owner of this land is a local man called Bennedicter (Benica).

He himself is a passionate, and successful farmer who is going to operate as mentor to these first-stage-farmers. Coupled with our business and agricultural curriculums this is where we see our farmers take their subsistence farming to the next level. We teach them how to increase crop yields, how to manage crop rotation and cycles, we support their confidence and foster a determination to succeed, we teach how to identify and approach the marketplace, and beyond that much, much more. Within this phase they will not only be able to provide food for themselves and their families but further be able to generate income for themselves and where we find a great deal of success aim toward providing employment. In Phase two of Farmers of the Future this is where we see our phase one gardeners find their independence within a safe environment.

So what is next? The Sunguti farm land is unprepared and requires a substantial amount of clearing and preparation to be ready for planting. This is what we are currently undertaking with the farmers and our wonderful volunteers. By the end of February we will be planting the first crops at Sunguti and within 3 months we expect great results! Phase two, as with phase one, is a six month period, each gardener has more than triple the space than what they previously had. This creates the opportunity for these farmers to increase crop production and their income generation, all of this put together further develops their understanding and ability, not to mention makes for a pretty exciting incentive!

August 2018 will see the initiation of phase three, where our phase two farmers get even larger plots (ideally the size of a rugby field) where they can go into mass production. With their previously established markets we expect at this stage for each farmer to be able to fully sustain themselves with food and income, further be able to provide full time employment to at least two others as farm workers.

Phase 4 is a business development incubator where the farmers that have progressed from phase one gardeners to phase three farmers now have the opportunity to establish a business of their design.

They will have had ample introductory education in the realm of basic business and for the purposes of Farmers of the Future, have also benefitted from the agricultural curriculum. Here we work with the farmers to take the passions they have and help turn them into reality.

Some such examples that have already come to light through this process with our gardeners/farmers are as follows;

Portia is passionate about children and her greatest desire is to establish a crèche. Portia joined African Impact and the Farmers of the Future project as she recognised the opportunity to provide for herself and her family whilst gaining the education and experience she would need to make her dream a reality. When we get to phase four, this will be the focus for Portia.

Bheki has a great love for chillies and is determined to establish a chilli business.

Bheki envisions providing to both supermarkets and individuals, raw chillies, dried chillies, chilli sauce and more. For Bheki phase four could well see the establishment of a small factory to bring his dream to life.

Taelo is not sure what he wants to establish in phase four but it may well be to continue on farming as he has shown a great deal of talent when it comes to his crops.

Remember, another great success story.

After enjoying two successful crop yields in 2017, Remember managed to follow his dream of studying Tourism, he wants to run a lodge or work with people and international tourists. We are so proud to have been part of Remember’s journey and we will indeed remember him!

Please join with us to welcome Nina who will be our Community Coordinator in the Greater Kruger Area. Nina joins us from Greece and holds not only a Masters in Public Policy and Human Development but also a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. We are excited to welcome Nina to the team and we expect big things!

On a final note, perhaps best for last J. We look forward to welcoming all of our wonderful volunteers in 2018. The Farmers of the Future project has already proven to be a great success and with your help, we believe this project will indeed change the lives of many community members. These individuals just need that bit of initial, or on-going support to make great successes of their lives. Come and be a part of this impactful journey!

If you would like to learn more about this project, get involved and/or make a donation have a look at the links below!

We expect to see many more success stories present themselves in 2018 as this incredible project grows and develops. If you would like to get involved and help out there are many ways. Volunteering with African Impact is one way, another is to make a donation (you don’t even have to leave your living room to make this great impact!). You can ‘Fund-a-Farmer’ where you pay for a full kit to set a farmer up with all they need for phase 2. You can buy a shovel or a wheelbarrow, perhaps a pair of gloves. You can install a bore-hole for fresh healthy water or go all-out and have your school, university or company sponsor an entire farm setup with our ‘Fund-a-Farm’ scheme. Each and every little makes a massive impact. #GetInvolved Check out the website: https://africanimpactfoundation.org/sasekile Get in touch: info@africanimpactfoundation.org

Stuart Isham Fairbairns Business Managers Scotland

Interaction and Action Action and interaction is one of the most important things in wildlife photography; whether it's fighting impalas, running zebras or playing cats.

Interaction shows the behaviour of the animals and that’s what we want to show in our photography.

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It also aids in making photographs a lot more dynamic; to show the interaction of a species or even better; different species. It not only tells a story of the moment, but reflects the natural behaviour of our subjects.

Time flies by in Africa, my last month has already started and when we finally send out this warthog post I will already be back home. During my stay here I was happy to see and learn a lot.

It was fascinating to see the difference between being a volunteer and a staff member. To see behind the scenes, all the work that is done when we aren’t working with the volunteers is huge. During my stay as a volunteer I realize now that I got spoilt with great sightings. I saw painted wolf twice and lions in klaserie and buffaloland. These three months, I was here for about 8 weeks before I got to see my first painted wolf and I still have not seen one lion in our properties, “just” in Kruger National Park. But it makes me happy; I know they are out there and I maybe will see them, or maybe not. But in the end, it is wildlife, it is exciting every single time that I get to go out there because you never know what you’re going to see. and it makes the time you have with the animals so special. One of the most exciting experiences here for me was when I spotted an aardvark, which I have never seen before and I knew how lucky we were to see one.

To learn about patience and to be happy to have a sighting of a leopard for about 10 seconds is one of the things I learned during this stay.

I want to thank everybody, volunteers and staff. Every one of you made this stay as amazing as it was. Mostly I want to thank Sam for the trust he had in me, the support and the great team work. Sam, I told you this before, but you’re doing an awesome job and I’m really happy to have had this time as an assistant with you! ps. I finally got to see the lions in my 10th week.

Lorena Peter Photography Assistent Switzerland

Backgrounds I recently decided to pursue photography as a serious hobby in November 2017 (2-3 months ago) when I invested in my first DSLR camera. I didn’t really understand how to use it and all its functions; therefore, I found myself here, in Africa, trying to learn the basics such as how to use a light meter or when to increase or decrease my shutter speed. However, my overall experience here not only taught me how to use my camera, but also has changed my perspective of photography. Here are some things I learned:

The nest of the community nest spider is made of silk manufactured from cribellum.

On the out side of the nest they build a multiangled catch web. This web is designed to get prey, if an animal gets captured the hunting group drags it into the nest.

1. Never say “I don’t like photography because I like to be present in the moment” to a photographer or anything along those lines. I admit, at some point I might have agreed with this statement, but now however, I find it to be untrue and slightly offensive. Just because photographers are taking pictures, it doesn’t mean we aren’t taking in the moment. Every good photographer knows when to put the camera down whether it be for safety reasons or for witnessing the events unfold with their own two eyes. But, in fact, when you are taking photos you are actively engaging with your subject. You notice the texture of the animal, the way it moves, and some times even the sweat/drool on the animals’ face. Photographers are constantly thinking of different ways to view one image every second that goes by.

2. Photography is not about trying to take the subject or event out of context. Photography is not about making things look better than reality or creating a fantasy-like image. It is about capturing a real moment in time and a real subject. It should be assumed by an audience looking at a photo that it is only a “snapshot” or specific event/subject of a larger context, but it is the photographer’s intention to bring into focus that single instance for the viewers. Sometimes it can be a larger story – such as a herd of elephants in a watering hole – and other times it can be as smaller story such as two ants fighting.

Animal of the Month: Wildebeest

To tell if a wildebeest is a male or a female can be tricky, especially when both of them have horns. The colour of the female is slightly browner.

All females give birth to their youngsters during two – three weeks in January and February. A wildebeest calf is one of the most precocial of all antelopes. It can stand within few minutes and run after five minutes after birth. The horns grow when they are about eight months old.

There was the myth that the greater of this animals mixed a lot of animals together and created the wildebeest. It has the squarish eyes like goats, a body shape like cattle, a “mane” and hump like the hyena and a tail like a giraffe.

3. It’s quality over quantity. Initially, as a new participant in the photography course, I was excited to take a picture of every sign of wildlife I saw from impala to elephants. It was, as if, I had a checklist of animals that I wanted to see, and after I had witnessed the common animals – impalas, hornbills, doves, nyalas, and giraffes – they would be crossed off the list. However, as time went by, I found a new appreciation for story the picture told rather than simply the rarity of the subject itself. In one drive where we saw the usual sightings – nyala, jackals, and impala – we still managed to find great shots of two male nyalas performing a mating dance to some females who were clearly uninterested, an awkwardly positioned giraffe drinking water, and two jackals hunting a porcupine.

4. Having patience to capture just the right moment.

When I see photos of a lion yawning, a bird taking flight, a hyena running right in front of your car, or a herd of elephants spraying water to keep cool, I now appreciate the patience and time that went into that shot. It took me insurmountable attempts to obtain a perfect bird-in-flight shot because there are various factors to consider. First of all, the bird in flight must be within your vicinity – raptors are not easy to obtain a close shot of since they fly higher than smaller birds and tend to perch on higher branches. Secondly, you never know when the bird in question will fly or if it will ever fly. We once waited 45 minutes to an hour for a Grounded Hornbill to fly when we were at Kruger National Park.

I will be taking more than 5,000 amazing photos from Africa with me back to New York but most importantly I will be bringing back all my new knowledge of photography and my newly found appreciation of it.

Nicole Pineda Volunteer Photographers USA

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“The only man I envy is the man who has not yet been to Africa - for he has so much to look forward to.�

Richard Mullin

An animal has much more to show than you can see in the first moment. But if you zoom in on the eyes, the mouth or the ears you can see how different and unique each individual is from its own species.

It is difficult to describe the essence and the magic of the African bush to someone who has never been here before. From the early hours of the morning when the coolness of the air gives no indication for the heat to come, to that magical dusk time when the colors around you change and the night sounds begin, Africa steals a piece of your heart.

If you include the eye in the picture of an animal, our mind automatically concentrate on it. When you leave it out, we recognise more of the rest of the animal.

The four week wildlife photography course begins with a rather intensive week of theory and trying to absorb all the details of the ins and outs of camera settings. We were given instruction in composition, motion and static blur, macro photography and how to use the editing software, Lightroom - soon to become a most valuable tool.

My main purpose for this trip was to delve into the world of wildlife photography and to get to grips with the myriad of functions on my camera (and of course, to get my Africa fix as I live in Amsterdam now).

As the weeks progress and the photographic opportunities increase, we all started developing our own particular styles (there were four photographic volunteers). We realized we each had preferences too in the subject matter. One of the volunteers loved photographing birds, another monkeys and finding the humorous moments that wildlife provides us with. I soon realized I enjoyed the macro photography.

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I found that macro photography allowed me quite a bit more freedom. I was able to dictate the speed at which I moved and I could position myself the way I wanted to. A game viewer has restrictions - you are at a specific height and usually on a specific side of the vehicle. With macro photography, you can even manipulate the scene, to a certain extent - moving a branch or a leaf that’s in the way, getting down low or even lying on your belly to get that perfect angle.

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Walking around the bush means that your senses are heightened, your eyes are sharper, your step is slower. You are quieter and so patient. That dragonfly that won’t sit still, until at a certain moment it perches perfectly on the tip of a leaf; the ants that scurry scurry scurry around and several clicks later you might have one in focus! You are definitely more in tune with the bush and the life around you.

Warthogs are mostly hairless and the hair on the back is only erected when they are stressed.

I learnt so much about depth of field and angles - both easy to practice on a subject that stays still - there are those too!

The milkweed locust for example will sit quietly on the branch hoping you won't notice him.

When warthogs run away in fear the tail goes straight up as a 'followme' sign for piglets and other members to follow and is very helpful when in tall grass.

And I can take the skills I learnt back home with me. Not quite the same as the African bush but the parks in the city abound with small wildlife too :) “When you leave Africa, as the plane lifts, you feel that more than leaving a continent you’re leaving a state of mind.

Whatever awaits you at the other end of your journey will be of a different order of existence.” Francesca Marciano

Ingrid Aminzadeh Volunteer Photographers The Nederlands

Warthogs always enter their den backwards, to be ready for any attack.

Backgrounds In research, identifying animals is really important. That is how you can learn more about animal behavior and know which habitat they prefer. Because I first did the photography course, the pictures I take are useful to the research program – they help make good quality ID kits.

On one of our drives, we encountered a pride of lions, two females and two males. They were drinking water at the waterhole when they spotted a honey badger and started chasing it. We tried to follow the group of lions but were not able to keep up with them.

After a short break we tried to relocate the lions and succeeded in the effort. We spotted them laying underneath a tree and were able to observe them for an hour, writing down information about their behavior. An important part of the sighting was social interaction. In the beginning, they were all sleepy and did not move at all. But towards the end one male lion tried to interact with one of the female lions, but she rejected his advances. It was really interesting to see such animal behavior; I had never seen lions interact that much with each other. As we were monitoring the four individuals I was very lucky to capture some close range shots of their faces which was later helpful in updating existing ID Kits we previously had. It was exciting to see the differences between the old pictures and the new ones. Especially to note their aging progress and to see how their life has affected their characteristics. Overall, I really enjoyed the encounter with these absolutely astonishing cats. Seeing their faces so close makes you respect the animals even more than before.

Vervet monkeys are territorial, which is one of the things they don’t have in common with baboons.

With 36 different calls, they have an impressive vocal repertoire. With six different alarm calls, they know immediately which predator is around.

The eyes of the monkey face forward, which allows them to gauge depth and distance. They use it as binoculars for jumping between branches of trees.

Jordi Woerts Research Volunteer The Nederlands

Not every organizations can collect data from all over their range of interests by themselves. That is why nowadays, many use citizen science. Citizen scientists are non-professional scientists who conduct or take part of scientific research.

Frame within a frame In nature there are a lot of beautiful frames that form naturally, whether it's a tree, bush or even another animal.

Using the frame within a frame technique is a great way to lead your viewers’ eyes into the photo. This can add depth and context, as well as drawing their attention to a defined point.

One of our partner, the Southern African Bird Atlas Project (SABAP), uses this concept. SABAP is the most important bird-monitoring project in the region. It aims to map the distribution and relative abundance of birds in Southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya). The region is divided into pentads, which are roughly 9 km2, and which each has a certain number of birds’ checklists completed by citizen scientists. We found a new location to conduct a SABAP survey that belongs to a pentad with a low number of checklists, compared to others. Therefore, the data collected during these surveys will actively help gathering extra evidence of birds’ home ranges.

Another partner, the Giraffe Conservation Fund (GCF) also make use of citizen scientists. It is the only NGO in the world that concentrates solely on the conservation and management of giraffe in the wild throughout Africa. GCF has also revealed through genetic studies that there are four different species of giraffe and not one as previously believed. Now that this is better understood, GCF, through the launch of Giraffe Spotter, wishes to analyse giraffe sighting data to learn more about population numbers and their distribution in Africa. What makes us, African Impact, unique is that we are the first entity sending information about the South African giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa).

These two examples show that, although bird surveys and giraffe identification are two of our smaller projects, they are needed to increase scientific knowledge and valued by our partners.

Marine Servonnat Research Manager France

Think you have a busy life? Try being an ant!

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As humans we struggle to function on just a few hours sleep a day, imagine only getting 16 minutes. Ants are constantly busy, whether it be the queen who lays all the eggs or a worker ant who gathers food and digs nests using their saliva to harden the walls. But also the scout who helps find food, leaving behind a scent trail for the worker ants to follow or the soldiers who protect the nest.

Communication is important, ants produce scented chemicals called pheromones which are produced from glands located on different parts of their body. These pheromones can be used to inform the ants of a range of different things including needing to defend or relocate their colony, as well as sharing the site of a food source and warning of any potential danger.

Extremely sensitive antennae are used to detect these pheromones.

It’s estimated that there are one to ten quadrillion ants on earth. That's over one million ants per person. Imagine if ants were the same size as us! Even though one million ants sounds like a lot that would only actually make up 6% of an average human’s body weight.

Ants are incredibly strong. They can lift 10 to 50 times their body weight depending on the species. They get their strength from their small size (which is surprising) due to their muscles having a greater cross-sectional area compared with their size.

This enables them to produce large amounts of force. This strength allows them to carry items such as food which is of a much larger size then them. They can also work together to combine their strength to take on Sean Ryan, even larger prey.

Photo credit: Jordi Woerts, Lorena Peter

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