Comment on Fire ants will form rafts after floods. Some being able to stay afloat for weeks!

rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• psycho_driver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Not sure if there’s anything special about fire ants but when regular ants build bridges, yeah the bottom ones drown.

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• Jumi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They trap air between their bodies and extremities, that’s how they float as well.

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  • rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Oh that makes sense, yeah.

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• Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You are asking the right questions. And I suspect the bottom ants offer themselves as sacrifice.

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