How The Animals Inside Chernobyl Not Only Survive But Thrive

A Closer Look

Somehow these ants had managed to find a way to resources and the researchers needed to know-how. And after they had transported the ants to their lab and taken a closer look at them, they finally realized their secret.

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Which was a bit stomach-churning but of course, mother nature is cruel and the team knew that ants like any other animal could and would go to extreme lengths to eat in order to survive.