Scientists poured 10 tons of concrete into a mature ant colony, waited for it to harden and spent weeks excavating the results.
Insects generally make me squeamish, as does the booming narrative voice in the clip, but this is definitely worth a look. The structure covers 538 sq feet and travels 26 feet into the earth. In its construction the colony hauled 40 tons of soil out of the earth, equivalent to the Great Wall of China.
I will never cease to be amazed at the complexity of nature, nor its uniquely simple, efficient & utilitarian methods.
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