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Where do termites live?

Many people confuse termites with ants. Although both termites and ants are social insects, they are quite different. Termites have thick waists and smooth, curved antennae, or antennae. The body of a termite is usually white.

Termites are found throughout the United States and southern Canada. In Europe, they are found in the south of the mainland up to Paris and Vienna. But most termites live in rainy tropical areas.

Usually termites live in forests, eating trees. Termite dwellings are built from a durable cement-like mass, which is obtained from wood processed in the intestines of termites. This material allows you to keep moist air inside the termite mound. Termite mounds can reach 9 m in height and 15 m in width.

Some termites make basketball-sized nests in trees. These nests protect termites from ants, birds, lizards and spiders. Some African termite nests have umbrella-shaped roofs to keep rain out, and some are built to keep the temperature inside constant.

The construction of termite dwellings is a prime example of working on the basis of instinct alone. The nest is built by new workers who were born in the colony, never lived where their parents came from, and therefore had no opportunity to learn anything from other termites. But when the mound is built, it looks exactly like the one where the king and queen of the new mound came from.

There are three types of termites in the United States: some live in rocks, others in wood, and others in the ground under the canopy of the forest.

Author: Likum A.

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Where did bananas originate?

Bananas are the oldest fruits known in history. The most ancient people knew bananas and admired them. It is believed that bananas originally grew in South Asia, and over the centuries spread to the west and east. The Muslims called the banana palm the tree of paradise, while the Hindus deified bananas.

At the beginning of the XNUMXth century, the priest Thomas de Berlanga brought banana roots to the New World. He hoped to win friendship with the Indians with this sweet, golden fruit and thus convert them to his faith. From these little roots grew a whole banana plantation of thousands of acres, which still exists in the tropical region of America!

The Indians found a variety of uses for bananas. They fry them while the bananas are green, eat them instead of bread. They boil them like vegetables, stew them, dry them like berries, and even make a strong alcoholic drink out of them! Although we say that bananas grow on a tree, it is actually not a tree, but a bush. It is probably the largest shrub in existence without a tree trunk. The stem, which reaches 3,5 to 9 meters and looks like a real tree trunk, is actually a mass of tough leaves.

The most developed banana varieties have lost the ability to produce seeds, which is much more convenient for eating. At the top of the plant is a huge tuft of hanging leaves, bright green in color. It is they that resemble a palm tree, make a banana look like a palm tree. One large flower bud grows in the middle of the trunk. And at the right time, it is on it that fruits appear. Since bananas grow in heavy bunches, the stem of the bush bends down.

It turns out that bananas grow upside down. Each bush grows one bunch of bananas, but its weight often reaches 45 kilograms or more! Bananas are always harvested while they are green, even when they are not going to be sent somewhere far away for sale. The reason is that if they are allowed to ripen on the tree, they burst and spoil before they are plucked. Bananas are transported on special ships built to transport bananas. They must be ventilated with a stream of cold air so that the fruits do not ripen during transport.

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