Deadman43,
According to Harvard biologist ant expert EO Wilson, there are an
estimated 100,000,000,000,000,000 ants in the world.
Excerpt:
"EO Wilson , a noted Harvard biologist and expert on ants, estimates
that the number of ants in the world is between ten to the sixteenth
and ten to the seventeen or: 100,000,000,000,000,000 ants."
Everything2
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1793020
"Scientists estimate that there are one quadrillion
(1,000,000,000,000,000) ants living on the earth at any given time."
Bibliographic Entry
Embery, Joan with Ed Lucaire. Collection of Amazing Animal Facts. 1983.
Number of Ants in the World
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/AlisonOngvorapong.shtml
Souce:
The Physics Factbook Edited by Glenn Elert
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/index-topics.shtml
This related ant question might interest you as well.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=536123
Search terms:
"ants in the world"
I hope this is helpful!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
