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The Chesterfield Advertiser
Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina
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In the Himalayas on the Indian side, perpetual snow starts at 15,000 feet, higher than the Alps, allowing life forms like ants to thrive at extraordinary elevations. Doctor Forel studied ants up to 12,000 feet, with unique local species.
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In the Himalayas, on the side facing India, the limit of perpetual snow is about 15,000 feet higher than in the Alps. One result of this is that various forms of life are found in the great Asian mountains at an elevation that seems extraordinary.
Among these are many species of ants, which have been particularly studied by Doctor Forel. Up to nearly 10,000 feet the ants are very abundant, and even at the elevation of 12,000 feet four species have been found, and it is believed that more careful investigation would show that they exist even at 13,000 feet or more. A unique fact not found in any other great mountain range, is that the Himalayas possess an immense variety of local species of ants. Out of 116 forms recognized in the Himalayas, 50 are peculiar to those mountains.
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Perpetual snow in the Himalayas begins at about 15,000 feet, higher than in the Alps, enabling life forms including ants to exist at remarkable altitudes. Doctor Forel's studies show ants abundant up to 10,000 feet, present at 12,000 feet with four species, possibly up to 13,000 feet. The Himalayas uniquely host 50 peculiar ant species out of 116 recognized forms.