Thank God The Fire Ants Are Safe

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  • lxskllr
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    • Sep 2007
    • 13435

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    Thank God The Fire Ants Are Safe

    Ever wonder how a colony of ants could survive a flood? Apparently the Brazilian fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, can self-assemble into hydrophobic rafts of thousands of individuals. These rafts can remain afloat for days at time without drowning the individual ants.
    http://arstechnica.com/science/news/...ive-floods.ars
  • LawOfficeGirl82
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    • Apr 2011
    • 135

    #2
    *sigh* if only people could do the same. last years flood sucked.

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    • Owens187
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      • Sep 2009
      • 1547

      #3
      Imagine being the poor sap who unwittingly runs/swims into that "raft".....

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