Did you know...

That when rain is imminent - the ants build little walls to keep out the rain. I had always assumed that the little piles of dirt and tiny stones surrounding their doors into the ground were what they had hauled up out of the ground and discarded. Not so simple. Yesterday I noted that they had collected some tiny flower petals from a French Lilac and piled them up around their holes. Sort of a futile effort since they would easily wash away with a tiny bit of rain. But anyways.... I didn't know that ants invented the whole idea of sandbags or dams.... did you?
I bet bugs could teach us oodles. Too bad I am not entomologically inclined...