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0:00It's approaching midday.
0:04A fringe toad lizard is hungry.
0:11Flashy scales reflect some of the sun's
0:17Nevertheless, the heat is almost
0:25His prey hasn't left home all day.
0:40The lizard is the last animal still out
0:49But even he can't take it anymore.
0:53To survive longer, you'd need a space
1:00And in a way, that's what these insects
1:08Silver ants armored skin reflects light.
1:12They can tolerate temperatures that
1:14would kill any other land animal.
1:19Even so, they can only survive for less
1:21than 10 minutes in the midday sun.
1:36The ants race to find food as soon as
1:39their predators go to ground.
1:49They can't afford to waste a second
1:51getting lost. So they spin to take a
1:54bearing from the sun.
1:57They log every change of direction,
1:59every footstep in order to know exactly
2:02where they are and where their nest
2:11Only four minutes to spare and they
2:13found a victim of heat stroke,
2:21But it's going to take a monumental
2:22effort to get it home.
2:393 minutes to go and they're nearing
2:41their maximum temperature, an astounding
2:54but there are already casualties.
3:08One minute left and they're not going to
3:10make it. Something has to change.
