Saturday, April 30, 2011

Ferry Tale: Fire Ants Aggregate into Living Rafts to Escape Floods

If you're ever pursued by a colony of fire ants , it might occur to you to try to escape their painful, itchy stings by diving into the nearest body of water. Wrong move. It turns out that thousands of fire ants can easily self-assemble into a waterproof raft, which can float on water for months. [More]

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