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Can These Ants Survive the Scorching Desert Heat? | Narrated by David Attenborough | BBC Earth
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4:17Now PlayingIn the Sahara desert, these silver ants can tolerate temperatures that would kill any other land animal. However, they can still only survive the desert heat for less than ten minutes!
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