Other+Interesting+Facts

==== Life Cycle- Life for an agnaj begins as the agnaj queen lays the egg of the baby agnaj. The egg is then taken into care by a "nurse" agnaj. Once the egg hatches, the baby agnaj than grows into an adult. There is no real childhood or young adult period. If it is a queen or male agnaj, it will mate and begin a new agnaj colony. Average life expectancy of an agnaj is 2 years; queen agnaj however generally live for about 15 years which allows the colony to continue to survive. The queen agnaj are the ones who give birth to their succcessors. ==== ==== History of the Agnaj- the agnaj are similar to cockroaches in that they have survived for a long time on Earth (about 5 million years). This is because of their ability to adapt in the desert, live in colonies and survive periods of little water. It is believed that the agnaj originally did not have a "hive" mind. However, colonies over time evolved into this ability in order to survive with proper order. ==== ==== Maintaining ecosystem balance- the agnaj provide food in the desert because of their large numbers. They are plentiful. Smart predators can hunt them down and get a large food source. The agnaj use the sand as part of their colony building materials and survive because of their ability to store water, similar to camels. ====