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A flood hits a fire ant colony in the Amazon jungle. An amazing chance to see footage on how the species has adapted to water to protect their queen. From the BBC.

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Fubumaki : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Fubumaki

12 votes NegativePositive

106 days 6 hours ago...

ants on vacation

pyranos : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

pyranos

46 votes NegativePositive

106 days 2 hours ago...

Anyone else feel an urge to toss a rock in the middle of that just to see what would happen?

Neferati : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Neferati

49 votes NegativePositive

106 days 1 hour ago...

^I had the urge to reach for WD-40 and a lighter

pimp635 : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

pimp635

-3 votes NegativePositive

106 days 1 hour ago...

They look like they are made of gel

Reil : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Reil

48 votes NegativePositive

106 days 1 hour ago...

"Carefully guiding their queen to safety"

Biting the queen on the face and dragging her towards you is careful?

Boncos : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

Boncos

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106 days 1 hour ago...

Ants are an example for us as a society can`t do.
And we are supposedly smarter.

Wonfis : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Wonfis

33 votes NegativePositive

106 days 1 hour ago...

^ And supposedly able to construct real sentences.

Did anyone else imagine a giant mouth swallowing the whole colony when he mentioned hungry fish?

Fuzzyman123 : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Fuzzyman123

12 votes NegativePositive

106 days 1 hour ago...

Ants creep me out, but I have to hand it to them - they know how to get a job done.

dreadgoth : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

dreadgoth

3 votes NegativePositive

106 days 1 hour ago...

We need to protect more than just the queen ant from the BBC.

Dars0n : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

Dars0n

3 votes NegativePositive

106 days 1 hour ago...

I wonder how many of those ants drowned

Pyranique : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

Pyranique

-1 votes NegativePositive

105 days 23 hours ago...

The queen ant is hot!

lululala : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

lululala

-2 votes NegativePositive

105 days 23 hours ago...

why cant the fat ass queen move herself?

CaptainWicket : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

CaptainWicket

3 votes NegativePositive

105 days 22 hours ago...

Her muscles aren`t strong enough to move herself.

Godsim : LVL 47: VP 5: said:

Godsim

13 votes NegativePositive

105 days 22 hours ago...

drop of soap = genocide

thinkbolt : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

thinkbolt

-2 votes NegativePositive

105 days 21 hours ago...

"to protect their queen from the BBC??" LOL

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