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Ants Build a Living Lifeboat to Save the Queen! (VID) watch!

youtube.com — 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.

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  • MScrip, on 08/07/2009, -20/+458DAMN NATURE... YOU SMART !!!
  • sbcea, on 08/06/2009, -7/+426Quick, save the Queen!
    Which one is the Queen?
    I'm the Queen!!
  • legoalert33, on 08/07/2009, -5/+379IM ON A BOAT... wait a minute
  • Myztry, on 08/07/2009, -5/+325The queen is a lazy bitch. She's got wings but instead stands on the bodies of her followers.
  • Ajjah, on 08/07/2009, -2/+282No, they're fire ants!
    KILL IT WITH WATER!
    ... OH *****!
  • pmacATTACK07, on 08/07/2009, -6/+245When I got home from work today, there was a huge ant hill in my backyard. Like - easily 3 feet across. Long story short, I discovered that while fire ants can float on water, they can't float on two cans of Raid.
  • omae, on 08/07/2009, -4/+213imagine surfacing after a swim to get these all over ur face!
  • inactive, on 08/07/2009, -3/+145shes probably too fat to fly...
    i would dump her.
  • ifruit, on 08/07/2009, -4/+142Welp, I just saw my first pre-video commercial on YouTube.
  • trogdorBURN, on 08/07/2009, -19/+148KILL IT WITH FIRE
  • KMartSheriff, on 08/07/2009, -0/+128I AM THE BOAT!
  • gbahri, on 08/07/2009, -0/+127IT'S MADE OF ANTS AND *****!
  • BigLou, on 08/07/2009, -2/+100I can't remember a documentary on ants where I wasn't completely impressed. Ants are pretty damn cool.
  • ghatid, on 08/07/2009, -1/+92"Carefully guiding their queen to safety" as one pulls on her queens head with her giant mandibles....
  • Pebcak, on 08/07/2009, -1/+90It's like they drove their boat next to them just to make waves and screw with the ants.
  • Wrake, on 08/07/2009, -1/+89I tried explosives once. The only thing worse than a pile of ants is ants in EVERY DIRECTION.
  • Runnamuck62, on 08/07/2009, -0/+83THE QUEEN IS SPLASHIN' GETTIN EVERYBODY ALL WET!
  • captaingary, on 08/07/2009, -1/+81Freedom! Horrible, Horrible Freedom!
  • andreo, on 08/07/2009, -0/+70Not only that. When they do hit land she won't even walk. They are dragging her to the next nest.
    Damn, it must be good to be the queen...
  • inactive, on 08/07/2009, -2/+70No you're not!
  • eastwood24, on 08/06/2009, -1/+67Man, you beat me to it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnPGDWD_oLE
  • Anthop, on 08/07/2009, -0/+66THIS IS THE AMAZON; IT'S AS REAL AS IT GETS!
  • jake1337, on 08/07/2009, -0/+65I AM THE BOAT *****, DON'T YOU EVER FORGET!
  • Xcel, on 08/07/2009, -0/+63They have to SURVIVE the Raid spray to pass on the genes to their offspring...
  • LeviTheSmith, on 08/07/2009, -0/+62??? I didn't get one.
  • OUSooner, on 08/07/2009, -5/+62This video is absolutely amazing. I have nothing to add other than my pure awe.
  • joshefosho, on 08/07/2009, -2/+57Too smart for their own good, we must exterminate them now while we still have a chance.
  • tehknotte, on 08/07/2009, -0/+54Worker bees can leave.
    Even drones can fly away.
    The queen is their slave.
  • cor315, on 08/07/2009, -0/+51I'm gonna have nightmares for weeks.

    Thanks
  • AbsurdParadox, on 08/07/2009, -1/+51Why, because we can't build a raft out of each other, and instead have to rely on a superior intellect that lets us build rafts that allow us to LEAVE THE PLANET?
  • fwertz, on 08/07/2009, -1/+49CARRY LARVAE TRICK, I'M ON A BOAT BITCH.
  • pmacATTACK07, on 08/07/2009, -3/+50the more often people use Raid on ants, THE FASTER THEY DIE IN ACID.

    fixed.
  • ifruit, on 08/07/2009, -1/+44I did.. About 15 seconds long. I don't remember what it was though, so obviously not very effective.
  • rumbl3r, on 08/07/2009, -3/+46Nature never ceases to amaze me.
  • ProfessorLX, on 08/07/2009, -2/+45I MILK APHIDS WHILE YOU JUST PLAY TRICKS
  • Shawkab, on 08/07/2009, -7/+45aka, a women.
  • bongo, on 08/07/2009, -1/+39That kind of dedication scares me.
  • charm803, on 08/07/2009, -0/+37They probably didn't taste good.
  • D4r7h3v1l, on 08/07/2009, -0/+37Ants don't care about black people.
  • VastVoodoo, on 08/07/2009, -0/+36Where ruffled?
  • MizuhoChan, on 08/07/2009, -0/+35Oh god... SKY ANTS
  • WhiteIce89, on 08/07/2009, -1/+35WE DRINKIN' AMAZON FLOOD 'CAUSE IT'S SO CRISP!
  • bsonline, on 08/07/2009, -1/+34I loved the fish.
    I wonder what it must be like, swimming along.. thinking, wow, I could go for a bite... then this huge buffet starts floating by.
    The really amazing part, when you think about it, is that the ants make it to their destination. I wonder what keeps the fish from eating more?
  • guinpen, on 08/07/2009, -0/+33ants can also climb on top of one another. it's considerably more difficult to do that in a car
  • Montious, on 08/07/2009, -2/+35I'M ON A QUEEN ANT, DOING BACKFLIPS 'N' *****
  • DiggLord, on 08/07/2009, -3/+35Antastic!
  • cave, on 08/07/2009, -0/+31Uh... Thinking *is* purely chemical.
  • zerophewl, on 08/07/2009, -0/+30Whats that? Its an inanimate carbon rod!
  • inactive, on 08/07/2009, -0/+29ANGER MANAGEMENT! I HATE IT SO MUCH!
  • TheInformer, on 08/07/2009, -0/+29Ants + Skynet = end of humanity
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