Environmental Graffiti

Precariously Loaded Ants

What if we were able to carry objects twenty or fifty times our own weight – figures often bandied about when sizing up the strength of ants? Ants seem to cast us into the shade in the All Species Mr Universe Championships, and do so without sporting instant varicose veins in their necks and turning a tint of purple that would put a mulberry to shame. Still, that's not to say our insect cousins don't struggle – especially when loaded to the max.

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