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What to Do When Facing a Floating Ball of Fire Ants
- Powerofmene 9y agoI use to live in Sugarland just outside Houston and fire ants are everywhere. They are like roaches, they seem to be able to survive just about anything. And yes they will ruin your day really quickly.
- ChuckMcM 9y agoFinally: "They're originally from the wetlands of Brazil, where it's flooded several times a week. When that happens, they have to pull their entire colonies out from underground, which is where they live, and they have to float around and survive in this fashion. They've been really forced to rely on each other in a way that's far deeper from other ants." This is something I've been wondering, "How did they learn to do this?" and it turns out they evolved to do it.