Page 65 - The Miracle of Termites

Adnan Oktar

Here we see a termite taking a leaf to its nest. It finds its way by following the
scent it secreted earlier from glands in its thorax.

does not prevent every intruder from entering the nest. In spite of all
its security precautions, there is another species of ant that's able to en-
ter into the colony.
How they can do this is amazing: The Ponerine subfamily of ant
exudes the scent not of an ant but of a termite! Thus it is able to pene-

trate the termites' security system and wander freely throughout the
nest. Being blind, the termites detect these ants' scent and mistakenly
think they are "members of the family."
This very effective ability of ants to fool termites is an example of
a flawless and impressive creation. This "ant success story" raises the
especially interesting question of how the ants discovered the termites'
special scent. Can one creature possibly duplicate the chemical sub-
stances in the body of another? How did these ants know about the

termites' security system in the first place? And how do they know
that they can wander freely among termites, once they secrete this
scent? But above all, how did they gain the ability to produce in their

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