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THE SAFARI ANTS

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Safari ants are insects also known as Dolrylus or Driver Ants and is a large genus of the army ants primarily found in East and Central Africa although the range also extends to Southern Africa and tropical Asia. The term safari is Swahili Arabic word meaning journey or an expedition to observe or hunt. The indigenous people in East Africa from Regional Bantu languages use the word Siafu or Thuraku to describe various species of these ants. The safari ants live in colonies of over 20 million ants. They are said to be completely blind and rely on secreted chemical hormone known as pheromones to communicate. Just like humans use coded messages to communicate different meanings, the safari ants use pheromones with different scents to communicate different meanings like the scent for availability of food, a scent raising an alarm for dangerous situation, a scent for sex and such like things. The safari ants are militant in nature and are invasive. Just like we've said that