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Saharan silver ants (Cataglyphis bombycina) are known to forage under extreme temperature conditions in the African desert. The ants do so while remaining relatively cool. This is due to the hairs ...
Scientists have recorded the speed of the world's fastest ant, which lives in the Sahara and is able to travel 108 times its own body length per second. Scientists have recorded the speed of the world ...
Left: Sahara silver ants forage in the midday sun and look like droplets of mercury rolling on the desert surface. Right: The silvery appearance is created by a dense array of uniquely shaped hairs.
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The hairs grow parallel to the skin and are separated from the skin by a small air gap. The hairs have triangular cross-sections with two corrugated top facets and a flat bottom facet facing the ant's ...
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