A Grim Ferry Tale: Fire Ants Aggregate Into Living Rafts To Escape Floods!
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Living in South Texas fire ants are a way of life.... After a good rain all those mounds popping up in the yard. My neighbor stepped in a mound and went into toxic shock, they did save him at the hospital..
Yeah I've seen these fire ant rafts...
Between the fire ants and scorpions here God should be paying us combat pay for living here....
LMAO, fire ants vs humans, humans will loose every time.
I don't think some folks realize just how aggressive and deadly they can be......IF you are allergic to their venom.......one bite is enough and they attack by the thousands.
Like another poster mentioned....... Use/carry Benadryl and/or a good antihistamine to counter some of the venomous effects.......just in case.
Whenever I go to the beach or outdoors I always keep antihistamines handy.
Water has a very high surface tension, which make it possible for paper clips to float. Ants, and many insects, float on the surfact, and if forced beneath the surface, carry a bubble down with them, as a result of water's property of surfact tension.
If you're going to be at risk in water, you could carry a vial of a surfactant with you, which, when added to the water around the ants, would reduce their capacity to float. Laundry detergent would work for that purpose, and if poured onto the surface of the water, would make the ants sink, or at least drown.
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