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TIL that due to extreme heat of Sahara Desert and threat of predatory lizard, Saharan Silver Ants are active outside their nests for only 10 minutes a day, during which they scavenge corpses of heat-stricken animals. They must return before temperature reaches 53 °C/127 °F, which is fatal to them.

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