Chapter 73: The Inheritance of the Queen Ant

Tietou listened attentively, and the question he asked was good, and after the second master explained it, he listened to Tietou's question again, then thought about it, and said.

"This is going to talk about the population system of the 'ant' species!"

"They are divided into queens, males, workers, and soldiers."

Queen ant: The female with the reproductive ability of the queen ant, or the female ant, also known as the queen ant, is the largest in the group, especially with a large abdomen, well-developed reproductive organs, short antennae, small thorax and feet, winged, dewinged or wingless. The main responsibilities of the general queen ant are to lay eggs, reproduce offspring and rule the large family of the group.

Male: or parent. The head is rounded, the palate is underdeveloped, and the antennae are elongated. There are well-developed reproductive organs and external genitalia, and the main function is to reproduce with the queen.

Worker ants: Big-headed antsWorker ants are also competent ants. Wingless, non-developing females, generally the smallest individuals in the group, but the most numerous. The compound eye is small, and the monocular is very small or absent. The palate, antennae, and three pairs of thoracic feet are well developed, and they are good at walking. Worker ants are not capable of reproduction. The main responsibilities of worker ants are to build and enlarge nests, collect food, feed larvae and queens, etc.

Soldier Ants: With a large head and a well-developed paw, they can crush hard food and become a weapon of battle when defending a colony.

Ants are social insects that live in swarms and have a strong nest fetishness. Most species nest in the ground or in trees, and have a mixed diet, generally both plant and meat. Generally, the ant nest is used as a family. There is one queen in a nest, and there are more than a dozen of individual types of ant queens. Worker ants specialize in nesting, foraging, and raising young, and the number is the largest.

Ants use the smell of secretions to communicate, because they usually live in an ant nest, so this way of communication is better developed than other insects, if an ant finds food, it will leave a smell on the way home, and other ants will follow this route to find food, and constantly strengthen the smell.

If one ant is crushed, it will emit a strong smell that immediately alerts other ants and is all in a state of attack. Some species of ants also emit a smell that confuses enemies.

Ants, like other insects, rely on their antennae to distinguish smells, and the first segment of the antennae is swollen and knee-shaped, making them very flexible. Since the antennae are a pair, they can distinguish not only the intensity of the smell, but also the direction and distance of the source of the smell, and the adults exchange food with each other, and learn about each other's health and nutritional status through their smells, and the food they find.

At the same time, it can also distinguish the group that the other party belongs to that kind of task, such as digging holes and building nests, or collecting food. In general, older worker ants are sent out of the nest to work.

The establishment of a colony by ants is also based on the acquaintance and friendship of the sexes through marriage and flying. It is love at first sight after acquaintance, and they are copulated during or after the flight. The "groom" did not live long, and died shortly after mating, leaving the "widow" queen ant to live alone.

She was "alone" and had limited strength, so she could only temporarily build a small room as a place to live and give her "conceived" body a delivery room. After the eggs in the body mature and are produced, the small larvae hatch and are born, and the queen is busy. She feeds each larvae mouth-to-mouth until they grow into adults and can live independently.

When the first workers reach adulthood, they dig holes to find food and then expand the size of their nests to provide housing for more and more family members. Since then, the queen ant has enjoyed the blessings and become the commander of the large family of this group. The work of tending the young ants and feeding the queen ants is carried out by the worker ants.

But the queen ant also continues to reproduce, constantly producing fertilized eggs to reproduce large families. She can live up to 15 years. Ant nests come in various forms, most of which build their nests in the subsoil, digging tunnels, chambers and shelters, and piling up the excavated material and leaves near the entrance to form a mound-like shape for protection.

Some ants use plant leaves, stems, petioles, etc., to build paper-like nests and hang them on trees or rocks. There are also ants that live in the rotten wood of the forest area. More particularly, some ants build their nests in or next to other species of nests; And the two "families" do not have disputes, and can live in harmony. This kind of nest is called a mixed nest, and it is actually a symbiotic species.

The number of ants in a nest can vary greatly depending on the species or the same species. The smallest colonies have only a few dozen or nearly a hundred ants, some have a few thousand, while large colonies can have tens of thousands, or even more.

The difference between the bone-eater ants and the normal ants is that the bone-eater ant colony is stronger.

The population system of the bone-eater ant is more clear, their queen will only lay one queen egg in their lifetime, and the egg that will take over the kingdom will only be laid when it is about to die, and when it hatches the queen ant who will take over its kingdom, that is, when its 'old king' dies.

The newly born bone-eating queen will eat the corpse of the previous old queen, and the new bone-eating queen eats the old queen, not for physical functions, but to inherit the bloodline memory.

Why is it said that if the new queen eats the 'old queen', she will inherit the bloodline memory?

In fact, what I analyze is that the 'old ant queen' is like a human being, when humans nurse their children, they will gradually impart what they know in the process of their children's growth, and the children will gradually judge as they grow older.

Because the bone-eating ants have no time to educate the new queen, they have evolved into a unique way of inheritance with food as the medium, and the average lifespan of the general bone-eating ant queen is hundreds of years old. During this time, a bone-eater ant queen will go through several generations of borrowing treasure yin masters, which may be the reason why they have evolved into this unique way of teaching.

The bone-eating ant queen has a sense of smell that surpasses that of a dog, and has a complete educational heritage, to put it bluntly, it is like our family borrowing Baoyin Master, or in layman's terms, our dog.

So why does the Bone Eater only love to be close to you after seeing you? The reason is not only that you have the bloodline of the Treasure Yin Master, but more precisely, you are still an existence that can become a Treasure Treasure Master! ”

The second master talked so much to Tietou in one breath, starting with the dog for examples, and then taking the close relatives of the bone eater ants, to compare the vernacular talk, and then told the reason for the closeness, and the senior brother who knew a little bit about the bone eater ant queen also admired it.

Why is it admired?

Because the second master is really good, if he changes his identity with the second master, with his own ability to feel his eloquence, he can't tell such a vivid comparison.

As soon as the second master finished speaking, he secretly gave the second master a thumbs up, and at the same time, he was happy that he had learned more about the bone eater ant.

Who knows, when the second master saw a thumbs up, and was about to be proud, the iron head on the side really seemed to be a hundred thousand whys, and asked another question.

"Second master, you said that I borrowed the introduction of the Baoyin Master, I can't deny this, after all, to be honest, with the kind of chattering that you showed, at least compared to the so-called 'masters' and 'half-immortals' I have seen before, all the performances are bull X, and the second master, you just learned some of the secret techniques after my grandfather removed them, so my grandfather must have borrowed the Baoyin Master unintentionally, but why did a borrowed treasure master suddenly appear? What is a Treasure Borrowing Heavenly Master? ”

The second master of this meeting really regrets it, you said that you have nothing to do with it idle to tell him so much at this time, what kind of place is this, this is the underground tomb, that is the time when you can tell him so much!

But, then the second master thought about the temper of the iron head, if you don't tell him the reason, not only can you annoy you all the way, and then maybe you will do something out of the ordinary to the queen ant, although the queen ant will not hurt him, but after all, hundreds of years have passed, and this generation of queen ants has not had enough time to cooperate with the tacit understanding, in case of accidents and estrangement, then he, the old man, will completely become a sinner who borrows the treasure line.

After considering these factors, the second master reluctantly told Tietou about his three-eyed 'photograph', and then didn't wait for Tietou to ask, and then told Tietou what a three-eyed 'photograph' was.

But in the second master's statement, the three-eyed 'shoot one' is the eye of the sky, which is above the yin and yang eyes, the yin and yang eyes can only see, and cannot substantially attack the ghosts, while the three-eyed 'shoot one' can not only attack the ghosts after a whole day of cultivation inherited from them, but also help him break the formation and find the trace.

Tietou listened to the words of the second master, the corners of his mouth grinned, and finally he couldn't help it, waved his hand to interrupt the second master's words, and then pointed to his nose: "Second master, you just say that I am the god of Erlang!" Although I admit that I am very handsome, but you can't praise it in front of so many people, you look at what you say about me like a golden gourd baby, which makes me how to get along with them in the future! ”

As soon as Tietou's voice fell, the second master said seriously.

"Actually, although it doesn't mean that you are Erlang God, it's actually pretty much the same!"

"What's that? I'm just making an analogy, making an analogy, second master, why are you involved in myths and stories for me again, forget it, I'll go to the waterside and take a picture! Iron Head said, and walked towards the Dark River!

Looking at the back of the iron head, the second master looked puzzled, and then asked, "What are you doing?" ”

At this time, I heard the voice of the iron head coming from the water's edge: "I'll see what Erlang Shenzhang looks like!" ”

Horse Monkey: "Ha, phew"

Wei Sheng: "Uncle, don't be funny, we are inspirational to defeat the cow, ghost, snake and god!" ”

Huiyang: "Immeasurable Buddha, don't blame the Buddha, don't blame the Buddha!" ”

He didn't say anything, but from the action of lowering his head and supporting his head, it is not difficult to see that in fact, he must be a belly in his heart now! ’

But after the second master said the next sentence, everyone was not calm, and they all ran to the dark river and stretched out their heads to shine their faces.

So what did the second master say!

At this time, the second master held his arm with one hand, held his chin with the other, and shouted to the iron head by the river with a deep face.

"Baby, don't take it, Erlang God's goods can have the noble blood of our Wang family, if it weren't for our ancestors, he could be written into history as a god? Not to mention comparing his appearance with you, he doesn't even look good with my second master! ”

As soon as his voice fell, he saw that everyone had run to the dark river, and his curiosity was aroused, and he secretly said in his heart: "Is there gold in the river?" Thinking about it, I couldn't help but walk towards the river.

However, when the second master came to the edge of the dark river, he stretched out his head to check in the water, but the river was too deep for the flashlight to shine at all.

couldn't help but look up at the people in a row suspiciously, and seeing that they were still looking at the river, the second master turned around in confusion and looked carefully again.

In the end, the second master, who really couldn't see the problem, finally gave up, turned his head and asked the horse monkey on the side: "What are you looking at?" ”

The horse monkey turned around and said with a serious face: "We're watching, what kind of immortals are we turning around!" ”

As soon as he heard the words of the horse monkey, how could the second master not understand that everyone was despising him, and then the second master raised his foot and kicked the horse monkey into the river.

"Poof!" Horse monkey overboard!

"Second master, you ...... ...... in the water, "It's just that the horse monkey hasn't finished speaking, and he grunts and sinks into the water!"