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Ants

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     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 3 to 5
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   2.75

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     challenging words:    species, swarm, social, however, pounds, lift, large, straight, body, different, world, colony, sure, also, group, than


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Ants
By Erin Horner
  

1     What's red and white and black all over? A red and white picnic table covered with ants! Have you ever seen an ant? I'm sure you have. The world is full of ants! Scientists have identified more than 12,000 different ant species. These tiny insects can live almost anywhere. They can't, however, live in Antarctica. It is too cold for them there. Ants are very social. They live and work together in colonies. Ants are also very strong. They can lift more than twenty times their body weight. If a fourth grader could do this, he .....
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