How The Animals Inside Chernobyl Not Only Survive But Thrive

But How?

The ants had no fresh air, no way to source food or water and for two years had been completely left in the dark and damp bunker. It was practically impossible for them to survive!

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Yet, here they were thriving! Ants are known to be incredibly resourceful but this was something the scientist had never seen before. They knew that they had to switch their study from bats to these ants to find out how they had survived.