Human-Atta Comparisons
Due to the vast differences between humans and A. sexdens it is impossible to make accurate comparison between them. However, to give some idea of the scale of A. sexdens endeavors, the following would be the achievements of these ants if they were scaled up in size to approximately human proportions:
- The length of their foraging trails would be approximately 15 km.
- The foraging ants would travel at 26 km per hour while carrying a 300 kg load.
- The colony would be about one km deep.
- A mature A. sexdens superorganism would have 3 trillion neurons, outnumbering the neurons in human brain by a factor of 30.
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