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Saharan Silver Ants

Started By BrittonLS , Jul 2 2015 11:39 AM

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#1 Offline BrittonLS - Posted July 2 2015 - 11:39 AM

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Not something you're likely to see anytime soon, but an ant you'll probably like. Silver ants, covered in reflective hair that lets them be one of the most heat tolerant animals on Earth.

 

 

And how their hair protects them 

 


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#2 Offline Trailandstreet - Posted July 3 2015 - 12:27 AM

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If you are interested in some journals, here they are...

http://eusozial.de/v...php?f=44&t=3489

http://eusozial.de/v...c.php?f=44&t=24


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#3 Offline BrittonLS - Posted July 3 2015 - 6:41 AM

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If you are interested in some journals, here they are...

http://eusozial.de/v...php?f=44&t=3489

http://eusozial.de/v...c.php?f=44&t=24

Dang, how on Earth do you even get a queen of these to begin with.


#4 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted July 3 2015 - 1:49 PM

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They buy them. You are not going to find these in Germany.


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#5 Offline Alza - Posted July 3 2015 - 2:21 PM

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They look like myrmecocystus.


#6 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted July 4 2015 - 1:22 AM

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Here is a video made by a member of the German Eusozial-Forum on his holidays in Tunisia:

 


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#7 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 4 2015 - 6:31 AM

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That's such a good video. Those majors are awesome looking. Image stabilization is a wonderful thing.


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#8 Offline LC3 - Posted July 4 2015 - 11:32 AM

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These are really interesting. Thumbs up for all of them. :)


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