Ants Build Raft to Escape Flood, Protect Queen
Ants may be small, but they’re certainly resourceful, as evidenced by the discovery that they build rafts to save themselves and their queen during floods.
What’s more, they construct the rafts using themselves — living ants — linked together to form a nearly waterproof buoyant vessel.
Surprisingly, baby ants were used to form the base of the raft. Worker adult ants then joined together to form the rest of the structure. The queen was always placed in the safest spot — right at the centre of the raft.
As for the fate of the rafting ants, nearly all survived!
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