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GPS used to preserve ants' nests

 
Thu, 11/05/2009 - 10:27pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/8342215.stm

Quote:

Conservationists in Northumberland have used satellite technology to pinpoint 69 rare ants' nests before work to fell thousands of trees begins.

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Thu, 11/05/2009 - 10:42pm

Ants

Pretty neat !!!!!!!!!

Fri, 11/06/2009 - 1:08pm

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Hmmmm.... wonder if they use TomTom or Garmin. Because both have plenty of bugs.

razz

Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:08pm

Like Super Glue...

1001 uses

Mon, 11/09/2009 - 10:44am

That was great

GadgetGuy2008 wrote:

Hmmmm.... wonder if they use TomTom or Garmin. Because both have plenty of bugs.

razz

HA HA...ROTFL. That was good.

Jeff

Mon, 11/09/2009 - 11:11am

So

So the ants use a building material that is not native to the area. Were the ants there before the conifer trees and will they survive after their removal?

It is interesting to see how technology is being used.

Thanks for the link.

Daniel

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