Supersize Ant Colony
Liane Hansen talks with ant specialist Laurent Keller of Switzerland's University of Lausanna about a super ant colony in Europe that spans 6,300 kilometers. According to Keller, the colony is comprised of millions and millions of ants. It is found along the Mediterranean coast of Portugal and Spain. (4:00) (Please note this story was corrected on air on April 25, 2002: Matthew Lesser of Washington, D.C., writes: "Liane Hansen's report on the recently discovered super-colony of ants made one glaring error. The colony doesn't (quote) 'extend along the Mediterranean, from Portugal to Spain,' nor could it; Portugal has no Mediterranean coast." )
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