One Species Loves Our Climate-Wrecking Ways: Fire Ants!
One Species Loves Our Climate-Wrecking Ways: Fire Ants!
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 2, 20197m 16s
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Show Notes
The red imported fire ant is one of the world’s most invasive species. Its sting delivers a burning poison that kills living tissue. Together groups of ants devour deer fawns, baby birds, reptiles, and almost any other source of protein they can get their mandibles on. They form acres of crisscrossing tunnels with thousands of cooperative workers. And their territory has steadily been spreading.
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