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JSK - Y1 - Minibeasts: Ants

Meet the Meat Ant

Our Animals - Ants

Our Animals looks at Australian animals, their physical features, food, homes and environment and social groups.

I'm a Creepy Crawly - Ants

Meet a tiny little worker ant. He takes a quick break from his duties to tell us about his colony in an ant hill. This heavy lifter can pick up 20 times his own body weight, plus he's got the largest brain among insects.

Jumping Trapdoor Ants

Jack Jumper Ants

Kamil meets 12-year Dimitrios as they seek out one of the most lethal ants in the world!

BTN - Fire Ants

For nearly 20 years Australia has been at war with a very small but destructive enemy; the fire ant! Since they snuck into the country in 2001, authorities have been trying to wipe them out in the world’s biggest elimination program for an invasive ant, and now it looks like they’ve had some success.