{"id":359371,"date":"2010-02-24T09:20:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T14:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5479060"},"modified":"2010-02-24T09:20:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T14:20:49","slug":"ant-lifts-weight-100-times-heavier-than-own-body-weight-in-ant-worlds-jersey-shore-try-outs-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/359371","title":{"rendered":"Ant Lifts Weight 100 Times Heavier Than Own Body Weight In Ant World&#8217;s Jersey Shore Try-Outs [Nature]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/340x_ant-weightlifter.jpg\" class=\"left image340\" width=\"340\" \/>What you&#8217;re looking at is not only the winner of the <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #biotechnologyandbiologicalsciencesresearchcouncil\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/biotechnologyandbiologicalsciencesresearchcouncil\/\">Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council<\/a> photo competition, it&#8217;s also the moment when humans became fearful of the mighty weightlifting ant race.<\/p>\n<p>As your eyes have clocked from the words &#8220;500mg&#8221; written on the weight, it&#8217;s lifting approximately 100 times its own body weight. Also visible in the photo (apart from the ant&#8217;s cruel fate flashing before its eyes, as it envisions a future taking on human civilization, only to be crushed with a single lazy spray of Rentokil) is the tiny little wet pads on each foot that helps lift heavy weights. I could do with some of those for the gym. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/science\/article\/2010-02\/load-bearing-ant-carries-100-times-its-body-weight-well-photo-competition\">PopSci<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=d030f3da3ceab55c34b8566c780224d2&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=d030f3da3ceab55c34b8566c780224d2&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ThrnzaNuNMU:6rLybnvtteE:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ThrnzaNuNMU:6rLybnvtteE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ThrnzaNuNMU:6rLybnvtteE:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=ThrnzaNuNMU:6rLybnvtteE:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ThrnzaNuNMU:6rLybnvtteE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=ThrnzaNuNMU:6rLybnvtteE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/ThrnzaNuNMU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you&#8217;re looking at is not only the winner of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council photo competition, it&#8217;s also the moment when humans became fearful of the mighty weightlifting ant race. As your eyes have clocked from the words &#8220;500mg&#8221; written on the weight, it&#8217;s lifting approximately 100 times its own body weight. 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