Sneak Peek: Fire Ants Turn Their Babies into a Stinging Life Raft (Patreon)

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As flood water flows into their nest, red fire ants build a terrifying raft out of their own interlocking bodies. And they put their babies on the bottom, like floaties. If you wade into this ant raft nightmare, you’ll likely get a vicious bite and sting. [rest of long description to come] ---+ Thank you to our Top Patreon Supporters ($10+ per month)! Jessica Burt Humburg Karen Reynolds Daisuke Goto Allison & Maka Masuda David Deshpande Chris B Emrick Companion Cube Tianxing Wang Mark Jobes Kevin Judge Blanca Vides Jana Brenning Laurel Przybylski Aurora Jason Jia monoirre Titania Juang Roberta K Wright KW Supernovabetty Anastasia Grinkevic El Samuels Kimberly Hall Carrie Mukaida Jellyman Jessica Hiraoka Nicky Orino Cristen Rasmussen Cindy McGill Mehdi Noreen Herrington Shonara Rivas Kelly Hong SueEllen McCann Misia Clive Laurel Przybylski Nicolette Ray Caitlin McDonough Shonara Rivas Louis O'Neill 吳怡彰 Shelley Pearson Cranshaw Elizabeth Ann Ditz Jeremiah Sullivan Delphine Tseng Wade Tregaskis Levi Cai TierZoo Silvan Syniurge Kenneth Fyrsterling