Egriaga@lemmy.mlBanned to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoFire ants will form rafts after floods. Some being able to stay afloat for weeks!imagemessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1326arrow-down1imageFire ants will form rafts after floods. Some being able to stay afloat for weeks!Egriaga@lemmy.mlBanned to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square35linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoDo the bottom ones drown and the top ones just hold them together? Or do they rotate shifts?
minus-squarepsycho_driver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoNot sure if there’s anything special about fire ants but when regular ants build bridges, yeah the bottom ones drown.
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·29 days agoThey trap air between their bodies and extremities, that’s how they float as well.
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoOh that makes sense, yeah.
minus-squareBeehaw_Girl@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYou are asking the right questions. And I suspect the bottom ants offer themselves as sacrifice.
Do the bottom ones drown and the top ones just hold them together? Or do they rotate shifts?
Not sure if there’s anything special about fire ants but when regular ants build bridges, yeah the bottom ones drown.
They trap air between their bodies and extremities, that’s how they float as well.
Oh that makes sense, yeah.
You are asking the right questions. And I suspect the bottom ants offer themselves as sacrifice.