As if the catastrophic floods in Houston haven’t done enough damage, people are now reporting large colonies of fire ants floating on the rising water.
These fire ants appear to have an outrageous survival mechanism. And, frankly, it’s unsettling.
Houston Chronicle reporter Mike Hixenbaugh tweeted a video of the red ants, infamous for their painful bites, on Sunday and said that they use the bodies of dead ants as a raft.
Apparently fire ants already have a slight resistance to water on their own, but nothing so strong as when they work together. Colonies will link together to be able to stay afloat even in the severe flooding Texas is experiencing.
#1: misterwhite To: XDMAR (#0)
Great name for a rock group: The Floating Fire Ants.
misterwhite posted on 2017-08-29 11:05:35 Reply Private Reply
#2: Vicomte13 To: XDMAR (#0)
Vicomte13 posted on 2017-08-29 14:07:07 Reply Private Reply
#3: Tooconservative To: XDMAR (#0)
It could be bigger than Sharknado, currently on its fourth sequel.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-08-29 18:59:36 Reply Private Reply