Fire ants form rafts to defy floods

Published: 27 April 2011 y., Wednesday

The researchers found that fire ants link their bodies together, a process similar, they say, to weaving a waterproof fabric. So that will allow them to surviveiin the water for days.

Šaltinis: Reuters
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