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- Fire Ants Form Rafts (2017) https://daily.jstor.org/how-fire-ants-form-rafts/ 9 comments
- The physics behind how fire ants band together into robust floating “rafts” https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/the-physics-behind-how-fire-ants-band-together-into-robust-floating-rafts/ 9 comments
- Fire ants lock legs and jaws to form rafts, avoid drowning http://www.washingtonpost.com/latest-headlines/2010/08/25/AFd3EbjE_story.html 5 comments
- How fire ants form a raft that can float on water https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/animals/algorithms-inspired-by-fire-ant-rafts/ 3 comments science
- Floating raft of fire ants [photo] http://bugguide.net/node/view/30113/bgpage?take2 23 comments reddit.com
- A few simple rules determine how floating fire ant rafts change shape over time https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/study-ids-simple-rules-for-how-floating-fire-ant-rafts-change-shape-over-time/ 8 comments science
- Fire Ant Rafts – An Incredible Structure to Teach Humans about Surviving in a Disaster http://www.techsonia.com/fire-ant-rafts-an-incredible-structure-to-teach-humans-about-surviving-in-a-disaster/1914389/ 5 comments science
- Fire ants form rafts to defy floods. http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoid=205675754&videochannel=2602 6 comments science
- Ant rafts repel water like Gore-Tex http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/ant-rafts/ 4 comments science
- Australia floods: Deadly fire ants form 'flood rafts' to spread https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68002401 2 comments nature
- Fire ant rafts form because of the Cheerios effect, study concludes https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/fire-ant-rafts-form-because-of-the-cheerios-effect-study-concludes/ 11 comments nottheonion
- Fire ant rafts form because of the Cheerios effect, study concludes https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/fire-ant-rafts-form-because-of-the-cheerios-effect-study-concludes/ 6 comments science
- Floating fire ants form rafts in Houston floodwaters http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41093596 4 comments nottheonion
- Fire ants Australia: NSW threatened by floating ‘rafts’ of deadly insects https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/floating-rafts-of-deadly-fire-ants-pose-growing-threat-to-nsw-20240116-p5exnf.html 34 comments nottheonion
- Australia floods: Deadly fire ants form rafts to travel on flood waters, aiding the spread of one of the world’s most invasive species https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68002401 3 comments environment
- Inspired by diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants, researchers have created a metallic structure that is so water repellent, it refuses to sink, no matter how often it is forced into water or how much it is damaged or punctured, which may lead to unsinkable ships and wearable flotation devices. https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/superhydrophobic-metal-wont-sink-406272/ 3 comments science
- Inspired by diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants, researchers have created a metallic structure that is so water repellent, it refuses to sink, no matter how often it is forced into water or how much it is damaged or punctured, which may lead to unsinkable ships and wearable flotation devices. https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/superhydrophobic-metal-wont-sink-406272/ 5 comments science
- Inspired by diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants, researchers have created a metallic structure that is so water repellent, it refuses to sink, no matter how often it is forced into water or how much it is damaged or punctured, which may lead to unsinkable ships and wearable flotation devices. https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/superhydrophobic-metal-wont-sink-406272/ 3 comments science
- Inspired by diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants, researchers have created a metallic structure that is so water repellent, it refuses to sink, no matter how often it is forced into water or how much it is damaged or punctured, which may lead to unsinkable ships and wearable flotation devices. https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/superhydrophobic-metal-wont-sink-406272/ 904 comments science
- Ants build raft to escape flood and protect the queen, a recent study shows: The ants construct the rafts using themselves – live ants; baby ants are used to form the base of the raft, worker adult ants form the rest of the structure, and the queen is always placed in the safest spot, at the center http://news.discovery.com/animals/insects/ants-build-raft-to-escape-flood-protect-queen-140219.htm 5 comments science
- Ants Are The Most Incredible Engineers: "If the ants sense increased water levels in their nests, they will come together and form a huge ball or raft that is able to float on the water, with the workers on the outside and the queen inside" [video] http://pbh2.blogspot.com/2009/08/ant-raft.html 8 comments science