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Fire ants self-assemble into waterproof rafts to survive floods

Why does a single fire ant Solenopsis invicta struggle in water, whereas a group can float effortlessly for days? We use time-lapse photography to investigate how fire ants S. invicta link their bodies together to build waterproof rafts. Although water repellency in nature has been previously viewed...

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Main Authors: Mlot, Nathan J., Tovey, Craig A., Hu, David L.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: National Academy of Sciences 2011
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093451/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21518911
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1016658108
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