Having been around for over 50 millions years, the termite is one of most adaptable species on earth. These guys are not your typical American tiny, tiny termite, we are talking mounds from as small as a foot to well over 15 feet high! These termites have a caste system. There is a queen and king and their only duty is to produce. Then there is the workers soldiers and fertile aletes. They feed on a variety of plants and decaying wood. They covert this food into a mound that feels and looks like cement. The soldiers are also in charged of defending the mound. The predators are ant eaters, aardvarks, honey badgers, woodpeckers and larger ants. Once the predator invades the mound, the soldiers get to work cementing it back up. Pretty interesting how they do it. Below is a picture of one though there are thousands of the mounds in all shapes and sizes. Also other pictures of animals as we were driving:
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