Worker body mass1 millionths kg
15.2 billionthsRed kangaroos
100Pollen grains
About 1 mg
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Ant (Leafcutter)
Tiny farmers that carry 50 times their body weight/Insects & Arachnids
Leafcutter ants don't eat the leaves they carry. Instead, they use them to cultivate fungus gardens underground, making them one of the few non-human species that practice agriculture. A single colony can contain 8 million individuals and strip a tree bare overnight. Relative to their size, their carrying ability is like a human hauling a car with their teeth.
Measurements
Carrying capacity50 millionths kg
500 quadrillionthsAircraft carrier masses
500 quintillionthsReservoir water masses
Can carry 50 times body weight
Worker body length1 hundredths m
1.7 tenthsThumb lengths
6.7 thousandthsATM heights
1.7 tenthsStacked hamsters
Workers range 1-15 mm by caste
Mandible force6 hundredths N
75 millionthsDraft horses
3 millionthsHydraulic jacks
Relative to size, immensely strong
Colony tunnel depth8 m
5.33Hockey sticks
800 billionHard X-ray wavelengths
Nests extend up to 8 m underground
Foraging speed3 hundredths m/s
1.5 hundredthsHouseflies
2,609Bamboo growths
75 billionthsSolar winds
About 3 cm per second
Queen lifespan631 million s
420,480Pomodoro timers
631 quadrillionCPU clock cycles
Queens can live about 20 years