Gold-digging ants – an(other) explanation

“In northern India there is a sandy desert and in this desert there live large ants, smaller than dogs but larger than foxes. A few ants that have been caught there may be seen at the king of Persi…

Tibeto-logic: Gold Digging Ants of Herodotus, Part 1

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