microrobert
12-14-2012, 06:51 AM
Termites and ants stockpile gold in their mounds, researchers find
Australia's smallest and most numerous mining prospectors can show us where new gold deposits are.
Insects can carry gold from underground up into their mounds. Dr Aaron Stewart and his CSIRO colleagues have shown that they also accumulate metals in their bodies.
In Australia—geologically the world's oldest continent—new mineral resources are becoming increasingly difficult to find, because they tend to be overlain by layers of sand, gravel and soils.
http://phys.org/news/2012-12-termites-ants-stockpile-gold-mounds.html#jCp
Australia's smallest and most numerous mining prospectors can show us where new gold deposits are.
Insects can carry gold from underground up into their mounds. Dr Aaron Stewart and his CSIRO colleagues have shown that they also accumulate metals in their bodies.
In Australia—geologically the world's oldest continent—new mineral resources are becoming increasingly difficult to find, because they tend to be overlain by layers of sand, gravel and soils.
http://phys.org/news/2012-12-termites-ants-stockpile-gold-mounds.html#jCp