How The Animals Inside Chernobyl Not Only Survive But Thrive

Strange Yet Forgotten

The experts remarked at the resilience of the ants and searched the bunker further to find out where they had entered the space. Most of them couldn’t find a clear route for their entry or eventual exit.

Krystian Dobuszynski/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesSome assumed that maybe the ants had travelled through a ventilation shaft which was now closed behind them and with no way out, the colony was trapped forever. The team discussed if they should intervene but thought to let nature run its course and left the bunker and the ant colony where it was.