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pavel_lishin
on Sept 2, 2016
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Ant colony discovered in an abandoned Polish nucle...
Ah, so it is 100% maintained by new ants falling through every year. I had no idea individual ants could live for over a year!
Zitrax
on Sept 2, 2016
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Workers live from 1 to 3 years. A queen ant can live for up to 30 years! I guess less down in that environment though.
pavel_lishin
on Sept 3, 2016
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That's incredible. I always thought it would be on the order of weeks for a worker, and maybe a few years for a queen.
I feel extra bad for killing these little guys as a kid.
ajuc
on Sept 3, 2016
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Well they have to survive the winter somehow, so it must be at least several months.
noobermin
on Sept 2, 2016
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Implying that the rate of falling ants is quite substantial enough to overcome the rate of death.
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