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Here in Bali the ants in my kitchen are one millimeter long. I figure this means they weigh one hundred micrograms.

There are here other ants that are eight millimeters long, a fairly normal size. They are 500 times the weight of the minuscule ants.

I read that the biggest African ants are four centimeters. 60,000 times the mass of the minuscule ones. Six grams.
 
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