Protect The Queen! Noah's Ants Build Raft To Escape Flood
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 19:20
in Biology & Nature
Call it the buoyancy of the brood. When facing a flood, ants build rafts and find other ways to minimize injury or death - they can basically use the brood to act as a life preserver - according to a new paper. The queen ant goes in the middle and is protected on all sides by the rafting ants. read more
