Thomas Albdorf
- Fountain (Part Five), from the series Body Double
- 2022
- photograph
- courtesy of the artist
In Malaysia, some ants8 live in the hollow internodes of giant bamboo stems. When their nest gets flooded by rain, they respond by drinking the water and excreting it on the outside of the plant.9 This strategy is known as communal peeing.10
- Cataulacus muticus
- This takes a while as they produce just one droplet at a time.
- Maschwitz & Moog, 2000