A Floating Mass of Fire Ants in Texas

Re:A Floating Mass of Fire Ants in Texas by rajasinghe on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @10:54AM (#15132589)

Perhaps I missed it, but are all the ants alive in this raft? Seems tricky to manage without some of them being submerged underwater for an extended period of time..

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Re:A Floating Mass of Fire Ants in Texas by josephg on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @11:17AM (#15132826)

Some of the ants will drown. But they use the arrangement of bodies to trap air bubbles, keeping the colony as a whole afloat and alive. Its an amazing trick to have figured out.

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Re:A Floating Mass of Fire Ants in Texas by Lordarminius on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @12:17PM (#15133403)

> to have figured out.

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Re:A Floating Mass of Fire Ants in Texas by powelles on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @06:25PM (#15136621)

Here is a short clip my brother sent me a few days ago. http://i.imgur.com/QllUKZe.gifv

They are very much alive.

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