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Apr 10, 2013 4 min

Australia's 'Magnetic' Termites

from PRI's The World Apr 10, 2013 Hosted by The World

In Australia’s Northern Territory, termites build mounds that are tall, thin, and aligned like compass needles. How and why the insects do this is not entirely clear. One entomologist offers some theories.

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