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Brazil: the world's biggest insect-built structure

In Brazil, termites built a massive network of 200 million mounds that covers an area as big as Great Britain.

11/28/2018 12:04 PM
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54 comments

  • Eva L.
    11/28/2018 12:07

    If only the existence of these little guys could stop deforestation

  • Harjeet K.
    11/28/2018 12:07

    WOW!

  • Harjeet K.
    11/28/2018 12:08

    It must feel good to be you... BRUT is awesome!!

  • Primate B.
    11/28/2018 12:18

    Deforestation.. so sad

  • Israel P.
    11/28/2018 12:20

    😵

  • Co R.
    11/28/2018 12:50

    I hope they love palmoil trees 😢

  • Rosario C.
    11/28/2018 13:36

    😮

  • Frances L.
    11/28/2018 15:52

    I agree. I realize I love these postings.

  • Beverley B.
    11/28/2018 18:23

    wait until they start harvesting the termites for protein powder and watch one more eco-system collapse!

  • Van B.
    11/29/2018 03:03

    So this was discovered by deforestation? How sad!

  • Ahmed N.
    11/29/2018 07:25

    KING SOLMON's ANT CANYON

  • Syeda S.
    11/29/2018 08:05

    You can find this kind of mounds in the hill sights of Salalah,Oman.

  • Lincoln F.
    11/29/2018 09:57

    Isso é bom ou ruim ?

  • Brunno G.
    11/29/2018 15:27

    de Deus!!! 😱😱😱

  • Prabhakar D.
    11/29/2018 15:45

    I wonder What if these termites think themselves as the most advanced civilization of earth.. And they think us as some alien species .. Might be tru. Who knows.

  • Renata R.
    11/29/2018 18:13

    look that thing we were talking about it

  • Thiago M.
    11/29/2018 18:52

    tapoha era true

  • Augusto Z.
    11/29/2018 20:44

    ....

  • Verônica M.
    11/29/2018 21:23

    Ráisa Paco

  • Joel A.
    11/29/2018 21:51

    Tamanduá passa bem aí