Biologist Anna Himler and her scientific team discovered a very special ant in the Amazon . These ants do not reproduce by mating. In the "World without sex 'males do not exist at all. The queen can clone exact copies to herself with her DNA. The result is a much more effective reproduction. No energy is spilled That by raising male ants are only used for mating. This Means That all the energy is overused to create self-reproductive females. The Mycocepurus smithii colony can grow twice as fast as normal ants. And That Could be a very effective way to Maintain the species.

These Amazon ants are rare. The scientists wonder how ants thesis Could evolve. Social insects have different ways to reproduce, but this is very unusual asexual way. The key Could be found in another special behavior: cultivating huge amounts of fungal crops. They produce much more of it than other ant species. Their rare ability reproducing Could be related to the reproduction of the fungus, witch is Also asexual.

The reproduction or Mycocepurus smithii Seems to be successful. But one large question comes to mind the biologists: how is it Possible That thesis ants with all the same DNA can survive? The most successful reproduction starts with creating more resistant strings of DNA. These ants do not developement at all, but are Constantly inbreeding. This Could cause diseases and Weaknesses time constantly making the ants not last long.

It Seems this species did survive for ages anyway All which makes them some kind of 'super ants'. Or more speculative; They are mutant ants, the result of some environmental disaster. Who knows ...