The Amazon forest is hiding countless secrets within it, some of which we have already discussed in our previous articles. From time to time, such amazing discoveries have been made in the Amazon jungle, with which the world was completely unaware earlier, but later gets surprised. One such bizarre scene appeared a few years back, seeing which the scientists were shocked to a great extent.
About 200 million termite mounds about 10 feet tall and 33 feet wide have come into view in the empty space left by the cutting of trees in the Amazon rainforest. Individually the mounds stand with a mighty presence but together this desert is a city that stands even stronger. Spread over 230,000 square kilometers, these termite mounds are even visible from space.
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These impressive structures are made from the simplest of materials, such as feces, saliva, and clay. This whole area is so big that England, Scotland, and Wales can be settled here together, i.e. greater than the size of Great Britain. These mounds tormented researchers around the world as a puzzle for a long time, but after recent research, it was found that these mounds made in the forest were built by termites named "Syntermes Dirus", which are about half an inch long. To make this happen, millions of these ancient architectural termites constantly worked together to build and maintain their underground homes. In fact, these mounds were not their nests, but the soil extracted by them while digging tunnels under the forest.
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The amount of soil excavated by these insects to make these mounds is equivalent to the 4000 great pyramids of Giza. While the social insect expert Stephen Martin told from radioactive dating that it took about 4,000 years for termites to make this strange country, making it the largest construction ever built by any insect species in the world. With millions of insects living under one roof, life can become very congested, and toxic gases can easily build up. So the mounds even help them as a ventilation system as they allow fresh air to enter their homes, making breathing possible. These fascinating mounds have a complex internal structure of several conduits and tunnels which served as a ventilation system for the underground nest.
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