Fire Ants Turn Into a Stinging Life Raft to Survive Floods | KQED
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Imagine wading into one of these.This floating nightmare is made out of thousands of fire ants.They've escaped their flooded nest by making a raft from their own bodies.Here's how they pull it off.As flood water trickles into the tunnels below their mound, fire ants start a rescue mission.They evacuate the colony's babies - these larvae and pupae - to the surface.
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