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Adnan Oktar
Termites use the organic matter from rotten
leaves and pieces of wood as soil for fun-
gus. Mixing it with secretions, they use it to
grow fungus in specially organized spacious
storage rooms.
the temperature around it to a point that could ruin the temperature
balance created in the nest; this elevation in temperature must be cor-
rected at all costs. So termites install a ventilation system to manage
the heat they produce by themselves and through the metabolism of
the fungus in their gardens.
Termites' Natural Air-Conditioning System
Nests are between 3 and 4 meters (9 and 13 feet) high and contain
about two million termites. All of these two million termites eat, work
and breathe in their nest, so of course, these individuals consume a lot
of oxygen. Without ventilation they would all suffocate within twelve
hours. How, then, does a termite colony survive living in a hard-cov-
ered nest with no windows?
Termites do not themselves act as ventilators as, for instance, bees
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