Today, at the coffee plantation, we saw a line of leaf cutter ants. It was right out of a National Geographic special. Imagine a two inch path at least 100 feet long running through the forest underbrush. The dried leaves, twigs, rocks and other debris were cleared away and all that you could see as far as you could look was a row of ants each carrying a small piece of leaf on their back. Wow. Sadly, we couldn´t follow the path to its final destination, but we were all thoroughly impressed.
Apparently, the plantation owners are OK with having them as they attract a certain fungus that they like having on their property.
A very cool thing to see.
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