Fire Ants – Most succesful creature that has ever lived | Full Episode

Horrifying.   I was once working in the yard before I understood what fire ants were when we first moved to Florida.  They swarmed my legs before they started to sting as a group.  That is what they do, the first ant doesn’t sting, they wait until they have a bunch of them when dealing with large prey.    By dogs that love gravy, that is painful.  Ron’s mother had to be hospitalized because of a fire ant attach.  They are nothing to take lightly.  They can kill a fully grown cow because they swarm the prey / threat.  Hugs

Witness one of natures ancient wonders – Fire Ants! It has been adapting, evolving for 150 million years 14 000 species they are nearly everywhere thriving. This is the story of solenopsis Invicta for 80 years it has been on a ceaseless march across the United States racking up six billion dollars every year in crop damage equipment repair and Pest Control conquering 340 million acres in 13 states and it’s still on the Move globally now scientists are cracking their ancient secrets to success and survival we knew that we could speculate all day but to fully understand the ants we decided to bring them into the lab and obtain visual data.

2 thoughts on “Fire Ants – Most succesful creature that has ever lived | Full Episode

    1. Hello Ali. They are nasty bastards. Because they wait to sting until there is enough of them to do serious pain and then keep coming they can be deadly. They swarm, and the stings raise horrible pustules. Often people have to be hospitalized after being attacked. When we first got to Florida, I learned about them the hard way. Not fun. On my last allergy tests, they were one of the insects I react very badly too. Hugs

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