Synopsis
Rafting fire ants in Peru find a way out of a bad situation.
- Programme: A Perfect Planet
- Series: 1
- Episode: 03: Weather
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Geography | Ecosystems | Tropical rainforest biomes | Species adaptations in the rainforest
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