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| '''''Syntermes dirus''''' is a species of ] native to ] which forage in the open for dead leaves, twigs etcetera. They build mounds up to eight feet (2.5 meters) high which may require 4,000 years to complete. One complex of mounds, termed a "megacity" covers 88,800 square miles (230,000 square kilometers), larger than the island of Great Britain, and is said to be visible from space. Their activities have thus far involved the moving of ten cubic kilometers (2.4 cubic miles) of soil: Enough to make four thousand stacks each the size of the ].<ref>{{cite book | editor= Craig Glenday | date=2021 | title= Guinness Book of Records -2022 |location= London | publisher= SVP Global Publishing | page= 37 | isbn= 978-1-913484-10-1 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Martin |first=Stephen J. |last2=Funch |first2=Roy R. |last3=Hanson |first3=Paul R. |last4=Yoo |first4=Eun-Hye |date=2018-11-19 |title=A vast 4,000-year-old spatial pattern of termite mounds |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218312879 |journal=Current Biology |volume=28 |issue=22 |pages=R1292–R1293 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.061 |issn=0960-9822}}</ref> | '''''Syntermes dirus''''' is a species of ] native to ] which forage in the open for dead leaves, twigs etcetera. They build mounds up to eight feet (2.5 meters) high which may require 4,000 years to complete. One complex of mounds, termed a "megacity" covers 88,800 square miles (230,000 square kilometers), larger than the island of Great Britain, and is said to be visible from space. Their activities have thus far involved the moving of ten cubic kilometers (2.4 cubic miles) of soil: Enough to make four thousand stacks each the size of the ].<ref>{{cite book | editor= Craig Glenday | date=2021 | title= Guinness Book of Records -2022 |location= London | publisher= SVP Global Publishing | page= 37 | isbn= 978-1-913484-10-1 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Martin |first=Stephen J. |last2=Funch |first2=Roy R. |last3=Hanson |first3=Paul R. |last4=Yoo |first4=Eun-Hye |date=2018-11-19 |title=A vast 4,000-year-old spatial pattern of termite mounds |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218312879 |journal=Current Biology |volume=28 |issue=22 |pages=R1292–R1293 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.061 |issn=0960-9822}}</ref> | ||
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Syntermes dirus is a species of termite native to Brazil which forage in the open for dead leaves, twigs etcetera. They build mounds up to eight feet (2.5 meters) high which may require 4,000 years to complete. One complex of mounds, termed a "megacity" covers 88,800 square miles (230,000 square kilometers), larger than the island of Great Britain, and is said to be visible from space. Their activities have thus far involved the moving of ten cubic kilometers (2.4 cubic miles) of soil: Enough to make four thousand stacks each the size of the Pyramid of Cheops.
References
- Craig Glenday, ed. (2021). Guinness Book of Records -2022. London: SVP Global Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-913484-10-1.
- Martin, Stephen J.; Funch, Roy R.; Hanson, Paul R.; Yoo, Eun-Hye (2018-11-19). "A vast 4,000-year-old spatial pattern of termite mounds". Current Biology. 28 (22): R1292 – R1293. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.061. ISSN 0960-9822.