ants

ants are amazing!! both me and zac have spent way too much time watching the ants work in our yard (and find their way into our house). its amazing the way they work and have a HUGE trail from one end of the backyard all around the edge across a bit by the gate and go down the side of the house to the front yard, down the driveway and then into the neigbour's yard (we haven't looked at where they go from that point). yesterday i actually saw ants showing emotions!!! i was watching them from a chair and i got up to do something and when i sat back down my toe injured one going on a side trail that wasn't very busy. he couldnt' really walk and i knew he'd die so i did the nice thing and put him out of his misery with my finger 8( a few seconds later one of his mates approached the body. he started visibly trembling!!! he was shaking so much as he walked away that he actually stumbled and rolled down a crack (the kind they put in sidewalks). he managed to get up and tremble away and went off in a direction that wasn't a made ant trail. for the next several minutes i watched as other ants came near the body on their trips across the ant trail. as they got close and realized it was a squished friend they turned back the way they came and picked up speed and ran!! their friend's little body ment danger to them. i caused a lot of trauma within our ant community.