Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1919 — Ants Powerful Enough to Eat Into Hardest Woods [ARTICLE]

Ants Powerful Enough to Eat Into Hardest Woods

Everyone has observed trees that have been hollowed out by ants, and it is apparent that their biting powers are equal to working in the hardest woods. In tunneling, ants are expert, and authentic casefc are known of their tunneling under ditches and streams. Indeed, a South American ant is said to have excavated a tunnel under the bed of Parahyba river at a place where it la as broad as the Thames at London bridge. , ■ .