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	Podcast:		TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing
	Episode:		Mating frenzies, sperm hoards, and brood raids: the life of a fire ant queen \| Walter R. Tschinkel
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:04:59
	Publish Date:		2020-01-16 17:53:29
	Description:		In the spring, just after a heavy rainfall, male and female fire ants swarm the skies for a day of romance, known as the nuptial flight. Thousands of reproduction-capable ants take part in a mating frenzy, and for one successfully mated female, her work is only beginning. Walter R. Tschinkel details how the new queen builds a colony and protects it from neighboring ant armies. [Directed by Lisa Vertudaches, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Phil Brookes].
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