Page 117 - The Miracle in the Ant

male ants have been fertilizing female ants for millions of years, know-
ing that at the end, death is inevitable.
The only truth that can explain this sacrifice is that the male ant acts
under the inspiration of its Creator. Otherwise, it is impossible that a
creature, which is alleged to go through the natural selection process,
should preserve such sacrificial behaviour for millions of years. Judging
by the basic principles of the theory of evolution, male ants would have
to escape from this "death flight" one way or another, and this would
mean the end of the ant species. Yet, currently, thousands of ant species
still keep on living on earth with their colonies numbering hundreds of
thousands. Not a single male ant has ever run away from this flight
which means "the end" for it.

After the Nuptial Flight

After mating, the female ant looks for a suitable nest, and when she
finds one, she enters it and promptly tears off her wings. Later on, she
bars the entrance and stays without food and alone for several weeks.
Then she lays her eggs. (During this time, she feeds on her wings). She
feeds the larvae coming out first with her own saliva. This long-lasting
and tough effort is another example of sacrifice, but in the remaining
portion of her life, the queen will be fed by her colony.
Due to limited food, the first herd is small. These are the first work-
ers of the colony and take care of the following herds continuing to
make sacrifices in the same way. The new generation of ants that grows
up under their exceptional care become larger, because they have bet-
ter nutrition.

First Founders of Sperm Bank

As we mentioned before, the lives of male ants are not very long.
They die anything from a few hours to a couple of days after the nup-
tial flight. Yet, it is very interesting that each male who has taken the
nuptial flight, risking death, has left sperms for its offspring to be born
years after it dies. Well, how are these sperms preserved alive and how
are they able to produce new ants by fertilizing the eggs? Can the ants
have developed a superior technology and formed a sperm bank?

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