Ant Medicine

As reported in the Washington Post recently, we have something to learn from ants.

When in danger of drowning, a colony of the critters —thousands of them — will save themselves by joining forces and forming a raft. They pile together and lock legs and jaws. So bound, an ant raft can survive for months. “Water does not penetrate the raft,” said Nathan Mlot, a mechanical engineer at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Even the bottom layer of ants stays dry, he said.

The individuals act as one, becoming what entomologists call a super-organism.

Amazing! That's the kind of spirit we need.