Siafu

I was watching the discovery channel and they had a killer ant special on. They showed a bunch of ants from fire ants to army ants. Then, at the very end of the show, they show the deadliest, largest, strangest ants in the world. They are called Siafu or the Driver ant. Let me tell you, I would not want to be anywhere near these guys. There are four kinds of castes: The Queen, the male, the worker, and the soldier. The workers are about .5 cm long and number about 20 million ants per colony. The soldier ant is about 1.5 cm long and adds another 2 million to the colony. The queen is 5 cm long! She lays about 1-2 million eggs a month. The male is a flying insect and is commonly know as a sausage fly. He flies from colony to colony until he is caught by some soldier ants. Once caught, his wings are chewed off and he is brought back to the queen to be used as a sperm donor. Now, the really scary thing is when these ants get hungry and swarm. Which happens everyday by the way. The worker ants form super highways up to a foot wide while the soldier ants border other sides of these roads. The soldiers will kill anything that tries to cross the path. These ants kill anything in their path. The will dismember about 100,000 prey in a single raid. We are not talking about just other bugs either. They will kill rats, snakes, scorpions, and lizards. They have also been known to kill chickens locked up in a coup and dogs and cats trapped in a house. Most of the other animals in the jungle know of these ants as well. Many animals, including elephants, will flee from the area if they see Siafu on the move. And I've been complaining about mosquitoes.