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[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Do the bottom ones drown and the top ones just hold them together? Or do they rotate shifts?

[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They trap air between their bodies and extremities, that's how they float as well.

Oh that makes sense, yeah.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Not sure if there's anything special about fire ants but when regular ants build bridges, yeah the bottom ones drown.

[–] Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

You are asking the right questions. And I suspect the bottom ants offer themselves as sacrifice.