Fire Ants and Techno-Chaos
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Fire ants are the geeks of the insect world. They seek out technology, particularly electric gadgets. And they have super powers, such as the ability to survive being cooked in a microwave oven. Don’t believe me? Watch this clip from the BBC program Supernatural – The Unseen Power of Animals. -via Everlasting Blort
When It Floods, Fire Ants Link Together to Form Huge Rafts
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David Hu and Nathan J. Mlot of the Georgia Institute of Technology investigated claims that when flooded out, fire ants will link together to form effective rafts:
“They’ll gather up all the eggs in the colony and will make their way up through the underground network of tunnels, and when the flood waters rise above [...]
