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Therefore, they place another ant to defend them, on the leaf that they
carry and during the attack, these small guards fight against the enemy. 23

Highways of Attas
The road that Attas use, while carrying the leaves they cut back to
home, seems like a miniature highway. Ants who crawl slowly on it col-
lect all twigs, small gravel, grass and wild plants and put them to one
side. Thus, they make a clear path for themselves. After a long period of
intensive work, this highway becomes straight and smooth as if built
with a special device.
The Atta colony consists of workers the size of a single grain of sand,
soldiers who are many times larger and medium-sized "Marathon run-
ners". Marathon runners run around to bring leaf pieces to the nest.
These ants are so industrious that, scaled to human dimensions, each
worker runs the equivalent of four-minute mile for 30-some miles (48
km.), with 500 pounds(227 kg.) slung over her shoulders. 24
In an Atta nest, fist-sized galleries may be found that may go 6 me-
tres deep. The miniature workers may move some 40 tons of soil while
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digging the many chambers of their huge nests. The building of these

When carrying the leaves they
cut, Attas clear the road they use
of all kinds of twig bits, gravel
and grass remnants. Thus they
prepare what amounts to a "high-
way" for themselves.

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