Amazing is the word of Allah
Unlike the Bible, being tampered and changed by the human hands, that has failed to stand the test of science, the strongest evidence of the divine source of Quran is science, whatever scientific statements the Quran mentions is always compatible with science. In this page you will see how science supports the Holy Quran concerning its statement about the talk of ants.
Do ants talk, communicate with one another?
That is what really the Holy Quran says:
Until, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, “O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not.” (27:18)
Why the ant in which Quran has mentioned heard the sound of Solomon and his soldiers approaching from the nest?
“Biologists have long realized that ants can hear with their knees, picking up vibrations humming through leaves or nests or even the ground In the past 20 years, researchers interpreting the messages that thrum in substrates have revealed a sort of ant-ernet, zinging with communiqués about lost relatives, great food, free rides for hitchhikers, caterpillars in search of ant partners, and impending doom. Improvements in recording equipment are expanding the range of ant chirps and buzzes available to human eavesdroppers. Some scientists are even challenging decades of textbook truths and suggesting that ants might also be able to detect certain kinds of airborne sounds”
Science says ants talk. Here we copy an article from Mail on Line
Getting it off their chest: Study reveals how ants talk to each other
By DAVID DERBYSHIRE
Next time you see an army of ants scurrying around, bear in mind that they may be following orders.
For scientists have shown that the insects talk to each other and are more intelligent than anyone ever realised.
They discovered that ants communicate by stroking a natural ‘washboard’ on their abdomen with a body part that resembles a plectrum.
Scientists had known for decades that ants make noises by rubbing ridges on their bodies. However, it was assumed the scraping sound was nothing more than an alarm cry.
By placing 4mm microphones and speakers inside a nest of 400 red , a team of British and Spanish scientists were able to record the scraping sound of queens and play the sounds back to the workers.
Professor Jeremy Thomas, of Oxford University, who took part in the study, said: ‘When we played the queen sounds they did “en garde” behaviour.
‘They would stand motionless with their antennae held out and their jaws apart for hours –the moment anyone goes near they will attack.’
Some of the noises made by queens and workers were identical but both groups of ants also had their own unique sounds.
Professor Thomas said: ‘Our study shows for the first time that different members make different sounds and that the sounds result in different behaviour.’
The scientists are unsure how the ants ‘hear’ the sounds. They probably detect vibrations and may have a dedicated part of their bodies that listens out to vibrations in the air.
The study, published in the journal Science, also found that some predators trick ants by mimicking the sounds of the queens.
Source: Noble.tv
