Ants bite primarily to protect their nest, food source, and territory. They use their mandibles to grab and then sting with venom to subdue their prey.
Why do ants bite? Do both male and female ants have stingers? Do ants sleep? What do they do in the winter? In this episode we learn all about the fascinating world of ants with Brian Fisher , curator of entomology at the California Academy of Sciences. Fisher has identified about 1000 different species of ants!
