No Boys Allowed | 04/16/2009 1:00 pm
All-Female Ant Species Not Bugged by Males
Mycocepurus smithii via Ant Web
Biologists have discovered a South American ant that is all woman. As in, there are no men.
They believe the Myocepurus smithii, which produces asexually by cloning the queen, is the only species to be completely male free. While reproduction without sex is common among ants, asexual reproduction of females is "exceedingly rare," wrote the researchers. The study also says that without the men around, the females’ lives are a bit less stressful.
We’re in awe of Mother Earth.
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I don’t want to come back as an ant in the first place… but if that is the game plan — and how are we to know — really truly, I not only don’t like the body of this ant at all. Furthermore, the name is about the least appealing for a woman to claim as her own. But — far more importantly — I want to have some fun and good times the next time around, so please please, let the ground be swarming with great looking males.
Somehow, even the thought of "asexual" sounds like a pretty dull life — and no way am I going to kowtow to a QUEEN!!! Period.