Show i Vitality of the Ant Ants have a wonderful power of existing I j ex-isting long periods after losing Important I I Im-portant carts of their bodies which i are not reproduced They have been r1 i known to 11 vo two weeks without theM the-M abdomen which Iso bulky In proportion J t propor-tion to the rest rf tho Insect Under tho most favorable circumstances nn ant may live moro than a month aftor Its head had been cut off Ono case Is recorded in which tho rest of the I ant moved about fortyone days aftor decapitation Ants also revive after being submerged In water for many days although they seem to be dead a few minutes after they are Immersed k Im-mersed |