Artifact
Fire Ants Form Raft to Escape Flood, 2017
This photograph, shared on social media by a CBS News correspondent, shows a colony of fire ants escaping Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters by forming a "protective island" with their bodies.
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Artifact Date
August 27, 2017
Topic(s)
- Journalism
