I am a farmer and live on the breeding of animals
That sounds like a lot of hard work. What type of animals do you breed?
Mostly fungus-growing ants, for the purpose of agriculture. It really is a lot of hard work!
How long does it take for an ant to reproduce? Do you keep them inside?
I keep them in a plantation. I also use agrochemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers to speed it up. I keep them outside in the sun
What is a fungus growing ant exactly? Do you use a special kind of dirt?
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is an insect-pathogenic fungus, discovered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859, and currently found predominantly in tropical forest ecosystems. "O. unilateralis" infects ants of the Camponotini tribe, with the full pathogenesis being characterized by alteration of the behavioral patterns of the infected ant. Infected hosts leave their canopy nests and foraging trails for the forest floor, an area with a temperature and humidity suitable for fungal growth; they then use their mandibles to affix themselves to a major vein on the
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