1The Namib Desert, one of the most exposed places on Earth.
2As the sun climbs high, everybody takes cover from the extreme heat.
3Everybody except the hotrod ant.
4As others take refuge, their day is just beginning...
5cleaning out the nest.
6The sand can reach a scorching 70 centigrade.
7The ants' long legs raise their bodies above the surface, where it's ten degrees cooler.
8But if they stand still, they will fry.
9They must keep moving or risk the same fate as their quarry,
10the creatures that have collapsed from heat stroke.
11Too deeply buried, but a good place to cool off.
12Foraging decisions must be fast.
13Too big...
14Perfect.
15Back to the nest before they also die.
16But they've strayed into a minefield.
17Each of these strange, cone-shaped pits is a death-trap...
18with a brutal predator at its centre.
19Here lie antlion larvae...
20tiny ambush predators with venom-filled pincers.
21Some ants manage to escape, but the antlion has other tricks.
22Flinging sand into the air, it creates an avalanche.
23In this cone of death, the walls are so angled that the sand slips beneath the ant's feet.
24As boulders rain from the sky, escape seems almost impossible.
25Phew!