Egriaga@lemmy.ml to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 months agoFire ants will form rafts after floods. Some being able to stay afloat for weeks!lemmy.mlimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1331arrow-down1imageFire ants will form rafts after floods. Some being able to stay afloat for weeks!lemmy.mlEgriaga@lemmy.ml to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoDo the bottom ones drown and the top ones just hold them together? Or do they rotate shifts?
minus-squarepsycho_driver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months 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-up4·2 months agoThey trap air between their bodies and extremities, that’s how they float as well.
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOh that makes sense, yeah.
minus-squareBeehaw_Girl@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.