Fire Ants Morph Into 'Living Rafts' To Survive Floods

Meera Dolasia
Mon, 02 May 2011 06:32:50 -0700

Living creatures adapt to their environment in all kinds of ways, in order to survive. Some camouflage themselves to blend in, while others learn to survive on arsenic substances. The biggest hazard to survival for the South American red ants is the constant flooding - So they get around it, by holding onto each other and floating away on their 'living' rafts.