by Roberto — If you were a Car­pen­ter ant (Cam­pono­tus leonardi) in a rain­for­est in Thai­land, your nest would be built high atop the canopy and, as a worker, you would sel­dom ven­ture down to the ground dur­ing your for­ag­ing trips. Some­how, per­haps for the pres­ence of eerie-look­ing ant grave­yards, you are hes­i­tant to go along the path on the for­est floor...