How These Tiny Ants Survive The Sahara Desert #shorts #usa #facts

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[00:00:00]If a human were abandoned in the middle of the Sahara desert at noon, where temperatures can reach 45 to 55° C, the body would start shutting down from dehydration and the extreme heat could eventually cause hallucinations. In conditions like that, survival becomes almost impossible. But in that same burning desert, a tiny ant runs across the sand like the heat does not even affect it. Every day when most animals are hiding from the deadly heat, these ants run directly into the open desert searching for food. But the real challenge is not finding food. It is finding their way back home. [music] Because once they leave the nest, the desert looks exactly the same in every direction. No trees, no rocks, no visible paths. Just [music] one small mistake and death is almost guaranteed.

[00:00:47]For years, scientists could not understand how these ants returned home with such unbelievable accuracy. Then, researchers discovered something shocking. Desert ants use celestial They navigate using invisible patterns in the sky that human eyes cannot even detect. Even when the sun is not fully [music] visible, these ants can still detect invisible light patterns in the atmosphere and use them like a compass.

[00:01:11]Scientists found out that these ants actually count their own steps. To test this theory, scientists performed a bizarre experiment. They artificially made some ants' legs longer while shortening others' legs. And what happened next shocked even the scientists. The ants with longer legs walked far beyond [music] their nests and the ants with shorter legs stopped too early. If you learned something new, consider subscribing.