Ants are some of the best weather forecasters out there. In the Outback, I’d noticed that the ants would suddenly start building up their hills in a seemingly random way. After asking around I learned instead that they sense the humidity in the air and build up the hills in preparation for rain. They are some of the best predictors for the weather in the Outback.
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