Ants can incredibly flow like liquid or bunch together into a solid

TheNew York Times has a gravid little shortabout pismire , specifically their ability to both hang like a liquid and become a solid nut . It ’s kind of gross but also pretty awesome in how twist the duality is . bet at it above . On the left hand , it ’s a thick , syrupy liquid state . On the right , it ’s a tight rubber testicle .

TheNew York Times describes the phenomenon :

To flow , they moved around , rearranging themselves in the chemical group , play like a thickheaded fluid . When the aggregation struggled to keep its shape , the ants clung to each other , acting like an pliable solid — prophylactic for example .